The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-02-10
sHoRTAGE OF SEED WHEAT
North Dakota Farmers Are Asking
for State Aid,

North Dakota Farmers Are Asking
for State Aid.
Shortage of seed wheat in Wsrd
county and in that section of the state
is Indicated by the many applications
for aid at the hands of the county un-
Der the terms OF the state seed law.
This Law allows the boards of com
missioners of the various counties to
issue bonds and purchase seed wheat
for the farmers, taking a lien against
the crop to protect the county.
Last year Ward county issued $685.
500 bonds for. the purchase of wheat
under this plan. During the present
year it is expected that this amount Of
bonds will be increased.
Fastidious Stephen Girard.
The people Stephen Girarl liked
best were the Quakers. He had sym
pathy with their disdain Of forms,
their shrewd business habits and their
integrity.
In his own dress he was as neat and
particular as they were and did not
look unlike them. His plain coats were
made of the best broadcloth, and his
underwear Of silk was imported from
China. He kept a pair Of shoes for
each day Of the week, and his nieces
hemmed his square linen cravats by
the dozen.-From "a Sylvan City"
And Father Got a Neat Reply.
care you papa's little grill" asked a
bnd father.
Eyes, sir" and she accompanied her
answer with q kiss.
care you mammals little girl" he
continued.
Eyes, sir" was the equally frank re-
spouse.
"But how can you be papa's little
girl and mammals girl at the same
timey'
well" replied the tot after a mo-
ment's reflection, "can't q nice carriage
have two horses Y"-Ladies' Home
Journal.
Not a Tender Plant.
A temperance lecturer once display
ed to his audience two geraniums.
The first, watered in the usual way,
was a beautiful and vigorous plant,
but the other had been dosed with al
cohol. and its foliage was shriveled
and sparse and its vitality decayed.
"Now, ladies and gentlemen" cried
the lecturer, what car you say to a
demonstration such as this?"
tits all right, and If I were a gera-
num-" said a shabby nan in the gal
lery, "I'd stick to water exclusively,
but 1 an not a northumberland
Free Press.
Sitting at a Desk.
A. word about the proper position in
which to study and sit ut a desk. AL
ways sit as far back in the chair as
possible, but do not touch the Shout
ders or the small of the back to the
back of the chair. Then lean forward
from the hip joint without bending
the back. Practice leaning forward
till the chest touches the knees. Re.
peat the motion three times. Now you
may lean yer your desk for hours
without a backache. Don't sit with
the end Of the spine cnrled under you.
boston Herald.
Atlantic Liners.
1t takes 1000 tons of coal to bring
one of the modern liners across the
Atlantic ocean.
Red Flannel Currency.
A Scotch missionary to a group OF
small islands In the south Pacific a
great many years age found bits OF
red flannel circulating as money. This
currency came to them in a curious
manner. The body of a shipwrecked
sailor had drifted ashore, and to the
untutored savages, who had never be-
fore seer clothing of any kind, his red
flannel shirt was an object of wonder
and admiration. By common consent
they cut the garment into small pieces.
which %thenceforth became the curren-
CIV of the island.