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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
sMokELEss PEAT FUEL.
New Method Of Extracting Water
Makes Combustion Complete.

New Method Of Extracting Water
Makes Combustion Complete.
Consular Agent John B. Brewer of
Weisbaden furnishes the following in
formation concerning the invention Of
q German engineer which. it is claim
ed. will make peat 1.-The ideal fuel"
At a time when the superiority Of
oil as fuel for seagoing vessels is
eagerly discussed and tested there has
come to my notice IN invention re-
garding the production OF a new fuel
which seems destined to play an equal
ly prominent part in industrial as well
as in domestic life and to form an :m-
portant chapter in the problem OF the
preservation of the natural resources
of the United States.
A civil engineer. having his expert
mental plant in this district. has found
and patented a very simple process for
extracting at little expense all water
from peat. Of which in~exhaustible
quantities are found the world over
inexhaustible because of the continu-
Gus and steady growth of new peat
formations after exploitation of the
old.
knowing that millions of dollars had
been spent in the past for the purpose
of completely extracting water from
peat on a large scale by powerful
pressure as we'll as by electricity. my
attitude toward the new claim was
rather skeptical for some time. and
therefore l hesitated to report thereon
until had consulted scientists and
experts and until the experiments and
tests made before me personally had
convinced ME of the value of the dis
covery.
The briquets made from the ma
terial so treated furnish a fuel which
appears far superior to the best coal.
as to caloric power. low price. small
specific weight and absence of all
smoke and ashes during and after
combustion.
The freedom from water is accom-
plished by the admiXture of peat coke
to the peat before pressing in the pro-
portion of one to fifteen. AS no ex-
tranc0us substance is used. there is
complete independence from other in
gradients. The pressing proper is done
by specially constructed and patented
machinery of Il simple kind. AS the
three main elements of peat are car
bon. hydrogen and oxygen. the process
Of combustion leaves hardly any ashes
and must seem ideal. since peat con
tains neither sulphur o phosphorus
nor any other ingredient to which, the
ordinary smoke nuisance is due.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02

TYPICAL HEAD OF GALLOWAY BULL.
If he likes Tamworths for the good
they can do. especially if he has his
pigs come in May and June and keeps
them through the year. then lie should
get the Tamworths.
Then. in selecting males. always
have the breeder give an extended
pedigree-that is, a pedigree that will
show the breeding for at least four
generations on each side. Note how
often it goes back of some particular
sire. Running back two or three times
would not be Objectionable. possibly
would be desirable. but one silOnll be
sure that he is not breeding So close
in line as TO iniure the vitality of the
herd. The same law that applies to
hogs applies to other live stock n
to plants us well. Every corn breeder
knows that if he plants two kinds Of
corn in close proximity aud uses he
resulting crop for seed purposes, no
matter how carefully he selects. he
canno have corn of :, nuifnrn type.
Some cattle breeders make the mis-
take of crossing breeds for the pur-
pose Of combining the exr"!lencies OF
each breed. have known men to use
Jersey bulls on common cows or
grades with the idea that tney would
secure the milking qualities OF the
Jersey and the beef qualities OF the
Shorthorn or Aberdeen-.Angus. us the
case might be. The probability is tlat
the progeny Will not be particularly
good for beef and not worth anything
for milk.
1t is not III to g horses
that have trotting bred legs and draft
bodies or draft legs and trottillg bred
bodies-the worst mOngrelS that could
possibly profane good grain and grass
by eating it. There are so called
breeds so closely related that crossing
is not 'ohjectionable-for example. the
Clyde horse and the Shire. which are
simply types of the same original
breed. the variations being caused by
lOca; environment
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
NEWS VI kUTtD PERSONS

President Taft, in a letter to Lloyd
C. Griscom, chairman of the New
York county Republican committee,
declares tnat he never tool any part
in a committee cabal 10 defeat Colo
mel Roosevelt for temporary chairman
OF the New York Republican state
convention. On the contrary, he cx-
plicNly dep.ored the result of the com
mittee meeting which chose Vice Pres
ident Sherman; he rebukes the party
leaders who have permitted il to- go
abroad uncontradicted that the prrsi-
dent was behind their fractional pref
erences; he insists that at every 0is-
portunity he advised the fullest con
ference with Colonel Roosevelt and he
explains that he has been panied by
the columns of %unfounded assertions
in the newspapers concerning my atti-
tude in respect to the New York sit
uation."
Theodore Roosevelt was given II
typical Western welcome at Cheyenne,
Wyo. The thousands who gathered
at the station to meet his train were
not there to greet a former president
of the United States. They sseni
bled to cheer Theodore Roosevelt, the
cowman who ran a brand on the Lit
tie Missouri years ago; the former
broncho 'peeler' and Dakota deputy
sheriff, and to greet him as a conradee
of the range.
When congress convcnes in Decelu-
Der United States Senator Cummins OF
Iowa expects to propose the enact
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
SENATOR CUM MINIS

viding for the nomination Of candi-
dates for president and vice president
at nationwide primary elections.
The Middle West gave former Presi-
dent Roosevelt a warm greeting. The
people gathered in crowds at all places
at which he stopped. They stood on
roofs, climbed telegraph poles and
scrambled on top of cars on the sid
ings to see him when the crowds on
the ground grew so large that there
was no other way. They began their
welcome before Colonel Roosevelt was
out of bed and kept it up until after
dark.
Colonel Roosevelt avoided any for
NAL reception during a stay of a little
more than an hour in Chicago, but in
stead spent half an hour the guest of
the newspaper reporters at the Chi
cago Newspaper club. The rest of the
time, while his car was being switched
to the Chicago and Northwestern de-
pot. he spent in an automobile ride
about the city.
Mayor Gaynor has beer removed
from st. Mary's hospital in Hoboken
to Deep Wells, his country home at
St. James, l.. l.. He bore the trip well.
but his insistent plea to be allowed
to walk nnaided resulted in several
distressing incidents.
BY a special agreement authorized
under an old Missouri law the circuit
court Of Jackson county granted the
application Of Mrs. Jack Cudahy Ut
Kansas City for a divorce on the
ground Of general incompatibility.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
Titles For Sale.

There recently appeared in the want
ad. columns of Il New York morning
paper the following personals"
Will sell a title of French marquis dat
ing back to 140O. For particulars address
A. Bruchaut, q Largente. par Condor
(Gers). France.
The world has long believed that
titles were for sale in Europe. The
prices varied. and the actual %transac-
tons were more or less yelled. In
so1ne cases the belief has become GER
tainty as the actual transfer for cash
has been apparent. 1t has long been
runored about England that barOnet-
cieS and peerages were given rs a re-
ward for campaign contributions.
somewhat rs offices are-or at least
were-parceled out with us. In other
countries there are other methods. but
the results are the same. All Of this
takes 10 account Of the titled mar
riages with American %heiresses. to
characterize which is unnecessary,
and to do it adequately Is perhaps i'm
possible.
The "French marquis. who offers
this advertisement is therefore follow
lug Il common custom. He is only a
little boller about it and does not beat
the devil about the bush. He has q
title to offer at auction aud frankly
says so. And why not? Other trim
kets and haublps are put up for sale.
Besides. everybody ia convinced that
there IL Il traffic. in titles. Why not set
1t forth BADLY in its true c0lors?
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02

DEVICE IN OPERATIVE POSITION.
ner: Attached to the outside of the
mail a is a square steel frame. to
which the chain net is attached. This
frame is made to swing on hinges at
tached to sliding bars so as to permit
the device to be quickly shifted from
one side of the a door to the other,
according to the direction in which the
a is moving. Attached to the lower
outside corner of the frame is the one
end Of an iron rod. With the other end
travelling on Il bar attached to the car
side containing Il set of spiral springs
so adjusted as to bear by compression
the shock resulting from the frame
and net catching the mail bags. On
the same outside corner of the frame.
below where the rod is attached. is a
hook or finger for the attachment of
the bags to be delivered.
The roadside device. which acts in
conjunction with the one attached to
the side of the car. is similar in all re-
spects. except that the bags it delivers
to the train are hung above the re-
ceiving net. while with the car device
the bags hang below the net.
The illustrations show clearly how
the device operates. One Of them
shows the a approaching the road
side catcher. with two bags in position
to lie delivered to the station and one
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
HOW TO COLOR STEEL.
Method of Making Permanent Black
Free From Rust.

Method of Making Permanent Black
Free From Rust.
TO insure success the steel articles
must previously be polished and freed
from grease. When this is done pre-
pare Il bath of 1000 parts of hot wa
ter and dissolve the following chemi-
Gals in it: Five parts of caustic pot
ash. ten parts of cyanide. five parts Of
potassium chlorate. one-fifth part of
white arsenic and twenty parts Of
SchliDDe's salt (sulph-antimoniate of
sodium.
Use the bath with zinc contact. II 1t
is of moderate temperature the color
will range from pearl gray to gray
black. by adding about twenty parts
of copper hemisulphide it will become
deep black. 1t is advisable previously
to mat the article with the steel mat
ting brush.
The second process is to be applied
cold and without any contact. Coat
the articles by means Of a brush with
a solution consisting of two parts of
hydrochloric acid. two parts Of water
and one part of tin salt.
After about fifteen minutes coat
with Il copper solution of one part Of
vlue vitriol in sixteen parts of wa
ter. with the addition Of sufficient
aqueous ammonia to dissolve the blue
deposit which has been formed to a
clear blue fluid. When the article Is
dry after this process wash it we'll
with water and place 1t for u few min
utes in a diluted solution Of potassium
sulphide. THEN remove 1t. rinse it
we'll with water and dry 1t. A dead
gray black color will be obtained
by this process.-Journal der Gold
schmiedekunst.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
ellis Soul Is Marching On"

The dedication of John Brown park
covering the Osa&atomle battlefield.
with Colonel Roosevelt delivering the
dedication address. furnishes an exam
times grows. At the time of his death
in 1859 Brown was held in slight es-
teen. His tragic end made Il pro-
found stir. it is true, but few were
heard openly to defend him. He was
executed as q criminal. and the great
mass of people. even in the north, re-
garded him rs Il mailman. Yet a scant
fifty-one years have passed and a for
mer president Of the United States
makes an extended journey to dedi-
cate Il park in his honor.
What has produced the change? The
wal and its outcome. Of course, affected
the worlds opinion of Brown, as they
did that held of all the abolitionists.
The song John Browns Body" per-
llaps had q more potent charm. The
mellowing touch of time has also been
ut work. But has there not been a
more subtle force behind it all? The
mans bravery. his deeply religious
character. his tender heart and gener-
osity and. greatest of all. his death
for what he deemed the right, all Of
these appeal to the worlds heart and
Imagination. The fame of the early
martyrs was made up of just such ele-
mentS as these.
Osawatomic exhibits various stages
in the evolution Of John Browns fame.
Thirty-three years ago a monument
was there dedicated to him. John
James ingalls, was the orator. Four
years ago Il semicentennial was cele-
brated with Vice President Fairbanks
the chief speaker. Now comes the eli
max with the chief citizen of the re-
public making the address. Is the
despised 'madman' becoming one of
the immortals?
j. 4. EDGERTON.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
THE CROSS CRAZE
IN BREEDING.

Those who are affected with the
cross craze. whether in hogs. cattle or
horses. should select the breed that
suits them best. AS q rule. the best
breed for any one is the breed lie likes
best or OF which he can secure we'll
bred sires with the least trouble and
expense. writes w. ii. Underwood III
Country Gentleman. II Il man likes
Poland -Chinas and can get good sircs
Of thai breed he should by all means
breed r'oIand-ChinaS: If the Chester
Whites. he should select that breed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL

Careful though unofficial analysis OF
the returns from the thirteenth census
on cities thus far announced reveals
the fact that the increased rate OF
urban growth for the past decade over
that Of 1890 to 1900 has been confined
largely to places having a population
Of less than $4,000. While universally
there has been a healthy increase, in
a large majority Of cities exceeding
$4,000 the rate Of the previous decade
has not been maintained.
Beginning Sept. l all passenger
travel in Arkansas will be at the RAE
Of 3 cents q mile. An announcement
to this effect is made by the several
railroads which agreed to give q 2A-
cen rate a trial some months sg.A-
The agreement will expire shortly
and notice is given that the S-cel.e
rate will be re-established.
That the financial world. or at least
that part of it represented by Wall
street, regards Colonel Roosevelt as
a menace to business and a dangc:-
u politician, was the declaration OF
r. c. Du Val, a New York stock broker
and banker.
The population Of the state Of Mich
igan is 2.S1O.173. an increase Of $50.
191. or 16.1 per cent. q compared with
2.420,962 In 1900. %5
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
STUDENTS TESTING MILK IN LABORATORY.

STUDENTS TESTING MILK IN LABORATORY.
sional wordsworth that remunerates
the owner and the wnrkman. not only
with liberal dividends. hui with salts
faction as Well. Better are of the
milk will he explained and encouraged.
n general spirit of cooperation will be
developed. and in fact everything that
can be done to bring about n better
condition of affairs will be undertaken.
In many parts Of the state. especially
those places that will be most favora-
BILE to work Of this kind. there is need
of more up to date knowledge along
the line of crops most suitable for
profitable dairying. 1t will be part Of
Mr.. Heaton's work to advise in this
line also. No small share of the cam
paign will be the encouragement of
dairy education through the means of
most approved dairy literature, and
ma zines
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
THE DAIRY UPL|FT
MOVEMENT IN iowa

Iowa is to be the scene of a dis
tinctly new and original dairy uplift
movement. The work is to be carried
on through the cooperation of the
United States department Of agricul-
ture. the Iowa State Dairy association
and the Iowa Agricultural college, says
kimbalrs Dairy Farmer. The idea is
to develop a higher standard of dairy
Ing along every line. E. B. Heaton is
to be in charge of the movement. Com
Amunities that have o fully appreciat-
ed the possibilities of dairying have
peer selected as the point from which
the campaign will be carried on.
/, The work is to be more especially
Aalong the line of dairy production than
Z along that Of manufacture. Hereto
fore the majority of attention has been
given to the latter. Mr.. Heaton will
go into one of the communities and
work with the idea of encouraging the
farmer to better and more liberal pro-
duction through more careful feeding
and care of the stock. through the
breeding of better stock and the elm
ination of the improbable COWS. In
this point the work is very largely sup
Elementary to the work of the Cow
Testing association, but it is the plan
to &C several steps further and to en-
courage more advanced methods of
sanitation. feeding, breeding. farm
management and a higher one of liv-
ing generally upon the dairy farm.
1t is to b" virtually a dairy uplift-a
movement that shall take the industry
out of the class of drudgery. to which
it has been rclcgatcd by those who
have been unsuccessful or who are too
~listless to carry on the business profit
ably aud put it in the class of profess
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
Filth In the Hog Trough.

The experience and the observation
Of the best posted in hog raising are
Ut Olle nccord that one Of the greatest
ifssnot the greatest of all seed beds of
disease for the growing pigs lies in
the nth u the hog trough. There IL.
but Mttie excuse for this when SAINT
tary troi,ghs either Of cement or Ct.
cast iron are % nea at hand and 20
cheap. Thnmpy pigs are often start
ed with trough 6lth. Don't take the
risk. Get 4 sanitary trough q sorns
keep Il clean.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
Dairy Cleanliness.

No milk utensils will keep sweet un-
less thoroughly washed and scalded
every time they are msed. The milk
adhering should first he rinsed oil with
cold or lnkewarni water. Then wash
thoroughly with hot water to which
salsoda or some good washing powder
Is added. Avoid soap for cleansing
milk things. A brush will frequently
loosen dirt which. Il cloth will not re-
move. Scald thoroughly In boiling va
ter Simply hot water will not de-
stroy the bacteria. 1t must be boil
ing. Drain Oh u sunny shelf and let
the sun dry and purify them still fur
ther. Dash cold water over them to
cool before using. ,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
Paint Or. Of Pennsylvania.

Beds Of paint ore" an iron carbon
ate containing SO per cent Of metallic
iron. n found In southern Carbon
county. In Pennsylvania. In an asst and
west strip that ranges in width from
half u mile to two miles and Is about
twenty miles long. The ore occurs in
a two foot bed that lies between a &C.
ment rock and a clay bed. 1t is mined
at two places. The paint made from
1t IL free from grit. is very durable
and requires no drier. 1t is mixed
with boiled linseed oil aud used for
painting ships. railroad cars. tin roofs
aud other metal surfaces. and also as
A filler for oilcloth and linohuul.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02

bag in position to be delivered to the
train. The devices meet as the train
rushes past. and the exchange is made.
the force of impact being absorbed in
the slack of the chain net and by
spiral springs. The reflex action OF
the springs throws the frames and
chain nets back. as shown in the lower
illustration. with the mail bag sur
rounded by the nets.-Popular Me-
chanicS.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
rhe shssp Fertiizsr.

The sheep liz the f%ertilizing friend of
the farmer. 1t returns to the soil 80
per cent Of what 1t consumes In the
way Of fertility: It will eat what other
animals will not touch; 1t is a browser'
and bites close; 1t will chew weeds and
waste right down to the roots and In
new country will eat OF young scrub
,s fast as II makes it's appearance.
All the while It Is engaged in this
good work Of fertilizing the land and
putting 1t into condition to yield tts
increase the sheep is piIing on wool
and making mutton out of the weeds
aud rulhixi, and thereby returning to
the farmer y little on each hand.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
Rap. Valuable For Calves.

The value Of rape as a food for
calves IL mol we'll understood. u IT
were much more would I've .sown. 4
= small patch Of rape grown on rich
Iillsoil will furnish an enormous amount
D. OF food for calves. 1t may be fed by
4 tutting and feeding in the paddocks
or lots. or 1t may be grazed by the
calves. 1t makes the rape go further
30 cut 1t and regulates better the
a4~eluantity to be fed. but 1t saves labor
to Craze. Whether U or grazed. this
rape should be grown not far distant
from, the paddocks to effect a saving
In time. 1t Is best grown OF land that
has been made very rich, but II will
grow on any good soil.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
Headaches From silk Hats.

French physician aud scientist
who long has wondered ut the warmth
Of his head under 81 hot sun has taken
temperatures Inside the glossy black
tile which 'sO long has been worn 10y
humanity. He discovers that when an
outside thermometer registers 30 de-
e,a,..x III tile shade the air content In
side the hat Is at los degrees: ut only
GS degrees outside tha silk hat bore
registers ~ degrees. From this wide
dill Ference Of temperature he has rea.
$3s0,,ed that headaches and various
forms IL nervous disorders may attack
the Wtafar.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
The Lizard Foo Ball.

The British government has placed
a submarine bell OF the Lizard. 1t ia
suspended from a heavy tripod. which
was lowered to the. bed Of the ocean
at q point about two miles from land.
The bell II connected by cable with
the lighthouse. from which 1t is op.
Grated. 1t is anticipated that. since
steamers passing up the channel all
approach the Lizard. the bell will be
of great assistance to them. particular
~ In time of fog.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02
MAIL CATCHING DEVICE.

Delivers and Receives Mail Bags From
Moving Trains.
A new mail catching device which
moving trains. but receives them as
well, handling two. or more bags as
easily as one. is being installed on the
Freeport division of the Illinois Cen
trail railroad.
The unique feature Of the catching
device is the baggy steel chain nets,
which operate in the following man.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02

II New York restores the King
George statue which was destroyed In
the revolution. London should .recipro-
cate by setting up one of George Wash
lngtOn. 1t doesn't want to be behind
Paris.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02

The maharajah Of Mourbhanj is
worried about the bears In his country.
which kill 200 of his subjects every
year. That's nothing to what the Wall
street bears do.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02

The food expert who tells US that
sand may he eaten with beneit doee
wrong to add to the temptations Of tho
sugar business.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02

It's astonishing what a big hole it
makes in 81 city to have just two or
three nice girls 90 away from it.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02

If the census discovers any city that
has gone back in population race sui
eide will get the job of explaining.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-02

The fiction that hens are being fed
small hardware filings to make their
eggs weigh more should be promptly
nailed.