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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-12-06
Fatal Boiler Explosion.

BLOOMSBURY, Pa, Dec. "A large boiler
exploded to-day on Nescopeck mountain,
near Espytown, this county. with terrible
results. Frank Grover, his brother, Isaac,
and two others were instantly killed. The
cause Of the explosion Is 4 mystery.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-12-06
STEAMERS
Mondays Storm Strews Many Wreck
Along the Atlantic Coast.

Along the Atlantic Coast.
HALIFAX, n. S., Dec. EVERY hour
brings fresh reports of wrecks caused by
yesterdays storm, which seems to have
been most destructive on the Cape Breton
coast. S%chooners Bella, May and Saxon
are ashore at Gabarus, and the Isabella
en- ashore. Native Lass is ashore at Glas-
gov harbor, Canso, and the Maggie
Willard is ashore and full of water at
Gabarus. These boats were all from Hal
ajax, bound for Cape Breton ports. The
schooner VirgescO is also reported ashore
at Lower Descotrse, N. b. Z
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-12-06
The Fastest Two-year-old.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29.-At the races
Of the blooded horse association this after
noon, Rynfax went q mile and q quarter in
2:07x. This Is the fastest time ever made
by : t~wo-year.oid. Rynfax was bred ct
PAl0 Alto.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-12-06
CONDENSED

WASHBURN, NORTH DAKOTA
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
General Miles is again in Chicago.
Henry Villardhas arrived in New York.
DIR. Mary Walker is said to be dying.
Snow storm in Ohio and up to New
York.
Mrs. Harrison is visiting at Indian
apolis.
There is a Jack the Ripper murderer
at Berlin.
Affairs remain unchanged at the Rose
bud agency
A heavy storm snow RACES along the
J~erseycoast.
The Irish collections in Chicago nearly
reach $4,000.
The Irish land purchase bill passed its
second reading.
A severe snow storm in central New
York, Tuesday.
The house passed the copyright bill by
a vote of ls9 to s5.
Zero weather and driving snow pre-
walls at Pine Ridge.
Senator Cullom has introduced a bill
for one cent postage.
Thresher companies are organizing a
trust like that of the binders.
B. K. Jamison & Co, bankers and brok-
ers of Philadelphia, have failed.
The Pine Ridge hostiles are said to be
hidden in the Bad Land region.
Easton & Clark, carriage manufactur-
ers of Cincinnati, have assigned.
The cattlemen have removed all their
cattle from the Cherokee strip.
A shoe lock out at Rochester, N. Y,
throws 1000 men out of employment.
The English government have given
ten tons Of meal to the starving Irish.
Eight hundred soldiers are on route
from New Mexico to Fort Meade, s. ID.
Hotel Patawomick, a resort Q Wash
ington, was burned, causing a $4,000
loss.
The upper Hudson is frozen and it is
showing in the northern part of New
York.
Ex-Congressman Jordan of Cincinnati,
stepped into an elevator shaft and was
killed.
Parnell is confident that the present
movement will finally result favorable to
to him.
Gen. Miles fears an outbreak of the
Indians and returns Immediately to
Chicago.
Gladstone replies to Parnell to the
posals are false.
George Burgess killed Alice Mckinley
at Williamsport, KY, and was killed
while resisting arrest.
Harrington says he upholds Parnell
because he considers that the best policy
for unity of the Irish party.
Two daughters of Nells Desair we're
drowned by breaking through the ice on
Desalr lake, Wis, Friday afternoon.
The Duluth Trunk factory was COM
pletely Quilted by fire Wednesday night.
The loss was about $4,000; insured.
An explosion of celluloid Wednesday
night in the Smokers Articles store at 81
Leonard street, New York, caused $780,
600 damage.
John Gebherd, his wife and their two
children were instantly killed by a train
on the North railroad at Gloster, N. j..
Thursday night.
All the coal miners in Alabama, some
5000 in number, have been ordered on a
strike Monday, December l. The leaders
want an advance.
Friday night there was q regular fire
epidemic in Chicago, there beng not less
than a half dozen fires in different parts
of the city, but losses we're not great.
A formal presentation to the president
Of a medal by officers of the Brazilian
squadron for their government took place
at the White Rouse, Friday afternoon.
The president has appointed Everett
B. Sanders register of the land Office at
Wausaw, Wis, and Robert III. johnson
receiver Of public monies at the same
place. 3,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-12-06
CONGRESS CONVENES.

The House and Senate Of the United
States Are Again in
Session.
They Assemble in Joint Session to
Listen to the Presidents
Message.
"A Number of Bills for the Free Coin
age of Silver introduced
in the House.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-12-06

members entered largely into the dis
cusslon, and while some expressed doubts,
the majority were sanguine the party
could secure a full attendance of members
if necessary. Several of those present,
when asked if it had been decided that the
apportionment bill should be passed, said
no decision was reached, but each n per-
s0nally insisted that the bill would un-
QUESTIONABLE be passed.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31
How They Carried n Million.

Two men walked rapidly down Wall
street recently, says Il correspondent OF
the Philadelphia Pres, and entered one
of the prominent banking institutions.
They were sturdy, hcavy-set men. One
carried a small black satchel. Both kept
their eyes roaming from side 10 side
followed them into the bank The man
with the satchel sat down, dropping the
bag carclcssly ON the floor. The other
went into the receiving tcller's Enclosure,
reached down into his breast pocket and
extracted Il package Of bills. These were
hastily counted, and the two strangers
left. The teller jammcd the bills into an
envelope, sealed it and pitched iii into
Il safe, afterward closing the door in Il
pcrfuuctory manner The entire trans
action occupied less than two minutes.
Then the teller turned to Inc and said:
GLOW much do you think was in that
packagc?"
"Why, about $500"
eyes, and little more. II contained
one million four hundred and forty odd
thousand"
'"YOu don't mean it,"
eyes" he said, showing his men,
oramda. "You sec, it's nearly all in $40, :
600 bills. There is not great danger in
carrying notes of that denomination, be-
cause, except here in New York, they
are 50 seldom used that suspicion would
nj once lie directed toward any one who
attempted to negotiatc them
One thing still pazzicd me.
"What did the messenger have in Ills
satchcl!"
"No.hing but n hall brick The
satchel is carried rs blind, to throw any
possible thief of the track"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31
Attacked by a Gray Eag!e.

4 farmer named Frank Engienan. liv-
ing few miles west Of Nashville, Ind. j.,
was attacked by . fierce, full-grown gray
eagle one day recently while on his way
to town. When first noticed the bird
was at great height in midair. A min
ute later it swooped down upon Englc-
man with shril scream, striking him
with terrible force, burying its talons in
his flesh. Englenan was on horseback,
and therefore at great disadvantage.
Before he could dismount lie was badly
clawed by the bird. The farmer was
without any weapons, and could only de-
fcnd himself with his hands.
The fight lastcdfully an hour, the eagle
plnnging at him from every quarter.
Twice did the man attempt to run, but
each time the great bird threw itself in
his way and prevented his retreat. At
length he caught it by the talons and
succeeded in Staying it. The bird meas
nred six feet four inches from tip to tip.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31
Called Out of Name.

Irish stew is dish unknown in Ire.
land.
Kid gloves are not made of kid, but
of lamb skin or sheep skin.
German silver is not silver at all, nor
of German origin, but hes been used in
China for centuries.
Dutch clocks are of German manufat
turc.
Baiiin's Bay is not bay.
Turkish baths are unknown to the
Turks.
Turkey rhubarb should be called Rus
sian rhubarb, as it is Russian mo
nopoly.
Why are turkeys so calledl They do
not come from Turkey.
Slave means noble or illustrious.
Tit-mouse is a bird.
Sealing wax contains no wax.
Shrcw- mouse is no mouse.
Rice-paper is not made of rice or the
ice plant.
Cat gut should be sheep gut
Blind worms nave eyes and can see.
Cleopatra's needle should be named
after Thotmcs III.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31
Ills Qualifications.

AloxaSder II. Stephens, tho Georgia
tatesman and historian, was distin-
guished for many unique traits OF
character. He WIS mnn whose
brain was too powerful for his body,
md its active forces kept his body
weak and fsail. He never weighed
over eighty-five pounds. and had
to be wheeled to his place in the
House of Congress in an invalid's
chair, Ho was, among his many other
superlative qualities, n rough customer
to run against in debate, and his quick
wit and keen sarcasm struck terror to
all members who opposed him.
a new member from Maine opposed
the diminutivo Georgian one day, and,
with that confidence in himself usual
to the now member who is fresh from
some place whore he has been consid-
cred the lion of his tribe, he under
took to annihilate Mr.. Stephens. An
gered by the coolness md native DO
hteness of the Sontherner, the Maine
man became angry, aud reelected on
Mr.. Stephens sn.allness, iutimatinC
TINT the gentleman was small of brain
and of character. Every old member
became Interested, knowing that there
would be some fun. And there was.
Mr.. Stephens had page wheel him
into the aisle. and in That loud. piping
voice which always drew the attention
of the House and gallery, ho ex-
claimed:
Mr.. Speaker, the gentleman from
Maine says that ! am SO small of body,
brain and character that he could
swallow mo whole. l simply wish to
say, sir, that for the good of himself
and his constituents il would DO we'll
If he were to do SO. He would then
have moro brains and morals in his
stomach than he over had in his head
and soul"
This settled that member. Another
new member from tho then new State
of Kansas crossed swords with him one
day, and said that Mr.. Stephens
should he on fnrm. Mr.. Stephens
never began personal debate, but lie
never let another make him n personal
target without teaching him lesson
never to be forgotten. So he hnd his
chair wheeled into tho aisle, and his
piping voice caused all TO listen while
he eXclnimed
Il would like to remark that do not
think the gentleman from Kansas is fiji
10 feed swill TO swine, and should not
bo on farm, bat ut school of high
morals and manners"
The Kansas man felt insulted, and
demanded the words taken down on n
question of personal privilege. Mr..
Stephens replied:
MIR. Speaker, will mike Tint nm
necessary 10y npologizing for the Ian
gunge if it he nnpnrlinineutnry. / will
withdraw the remark, and sny that
think the gentleman is cminently and
supcrlntivcly qualified for fccdiug swill
to swine-but l know of no other
qualification lie possesses. &C hicago
Ledger.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31
Draining Lakes In Holland.

On our way to IIcldcr, writes San
Francisco Chronicie correspondent from
Holland, we passed two or three podlers,
which is the name given to lakes or
meers which have been drained and con
verted into arabic land. They can be
distinguished from the rest OF the country
by being, if possible, tlatter and laid out
i'll more regular squares. The method OF
draining these small likes is interesting.
If the lake is deep, as in the case of one
which VIC passed, the Schcrmcr poldcr,
three or four dykes are first built around
it, with canals between them Wind
mills or steam engines ARE then set to
work, and the water ia pumped over the
first dyke into the canal, then over the
second into the second canal, which lies
somewhat higher, and so on until it
reaches the level of the great canals,
which carry it off TO sea. The shalowcr
lakes may need only one dyke, over
which the water is pumped directly into
the great canal. The largest of these
polders was formed from the so-callcd
Haarlem Sea, between lIaarlem and Am
ster(lam, and covers scventy-two miles.
This work took thirteen years 10 com
plctc. Sometimes these polders are so
low that the water lies over them all
winter, but that is said to do no harm
where the. water is not salt They are
pumped dry again in the spring. The
common fuel of the country, peat, is cut
from these reclaimed mcers.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31
Iron That Came From the Sky.

When Cortez had completed the con-
quest of Mexico, the Spaniards. among Il
great many other peculiar and cxtraordi-
nary observations which they made i'll that
remarkable country, were particularly
struck and puzzled by one fact. They
noticed that the Aztecs possessed certain
implements, such rs knives, daggers, etc.
made of iron, but it seemed that only the
most distinguished of the natives pos
sessed such, that iron WAS a great rarity,
and was priced higher than gold.
AT first the Spaniards believed that
the Aztccs extracted the metal in some
crude fashion from its ore, winch abounded
i'll many parts of the country, but they
soon ascertaincd that this was not the
case. They found that not u single
smelling furnace existed in the Empire,
and their surprise was not small when
they learned that the Aztecs were totally
unacquainted with the method of ex-
tracting the iron from the ore, which in-
deed they had never suspected of any
kinship with the highly valued metal.
The question whence the Aztecs had
procured the little iron they possessed
pccuhic IcrpicNihS pToDich 10 TIC
Spaniards, IL problem which they were
never able to solve. The natives do not
seem to have enlighted them much on
the subject, for when asked they myster-
iously pointed to the sky and Indicated
that they obtained the iron from the re-
gions above. Such assertions no doubt
the Spaniards received with an incredu-
lous; smile, and they concluded that the
Aztecs received it by way of traffic with
some other perhaps more civilized nation,
which they suspected to exist and kept
looking for, North and South, for more
than IL hundred years.
1t was left to modern science 10 I'M
ravel the mystery. The Aztecs were
quite correct. The iron Of which they
had made their implements was not fash
Toned from materials Of this terrestrial
globe, but had come to them from the
unknown regions OF space. Their iron
was i'll fact of meteoric origin, like that
of the Mayas of Yucatan and the Incas OF
Peru, Of which many weapons are still
preserved in collections american
Gc3iOgiSt.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31

In paper on est Elmo's Fire ON Ben
Nevis" by Angus Rankin, in the records
of the Scottish Meteorological Society, it
is stated that St. Elmo's fire, us seen oc-
casionally at the Ben Nevis Observatory,
takes the form of jets Of light on the
tops of all objects that stand any height
above the general Level of the roof of the
observatory. In a very fine display the
tops OF the objects were quite ablazc with
the light, which glowcd and Missed in
brilliant tongues Of white and blue from
four to six inches in length. Nor
is the phenomenon confined to these OBJ
iects alone in the finer displays, but if
the observer stands on the roof, his hair,
hat, pencil. etc, glow with it us WE'LL
and when he raises IL stick above his
head the stick also has long flame at
the top. Further. however, than hav-
ing n slight tingling in his head and
hands, he suffers no Inconvenience. The
kissing is a very marked Characteristic of
the phenomenon, being always heard dur
ing ordinary displays, though in the
fcebler displays, when the light can
barely be seen, it cannot be distinguished
from the Kissing of the wind.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31
WORDS OF WISDOM.
lie makes no friends who never made

Tie makes no friends who never made
a foe. As n
Life is no. so short but that there is
always time enough for courtesy.
'ro rejoice in the happiness of others. is
to make it our own; to produce it is to
make it more than our own.
Dark seasons are never pleasant to us,
but are always good for us. A cloudlcss
sky could never produce good harvest.
Many in this world run after felicity
like an absent man hunting for his hat,
while all the time it is on his head or 10
his hand.
1t is n record of the mellow and ripe
moments that we should keep. We
should not preserve the husk of life, but
the kernel.
Humility is to make a right estimate
ofone's self. 1t is no humility for man
to think less of himself than he ought,
though it might rather puzzle him to do
that
10 he thrown upon ones own resources
is to he cast in the very lap of fortune, for
our faculties there undergo develop
ment Of which they were before unsus-
ceptible.
He is great silhpleton who imagines
that the chief power OF wealth is to
supply wants. in ninetynine cases out
of Il hundred il creates more wants than
it supplies.
The responsibilities Of life are gagged
not by what we are, but what we may he
come. The man who has ventured only
to the limits of his conscious force has
only reached the threshold of his possible
attainments.
The old clothes that we wear no longer,
may give comfort aud confidence to n
man in restitution. The truths that are
so familiar to us that we never think
about them, may raise the utterly ignor-
ant to sense of their human brother
hood
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31
One Bag of Coffee Worth Five Barrels
Of Flour.

A barrel OF American flour would once
ouy ut Rio bag of coffee weighing
thirty pounds more than the present ones,
whereas it now takes five barrels to make
the barter. Nineteen staples of trade
have gone down in price, while coffee
has more than doubled. People now want
to make in five years what would once
nave been considered the work of forty
years. Some do it, but the great majority
Jecome bankrupt. The commission
houses make profits out of this specula-
ton, but that adds nothing to the pros
perity of the country. 1t is neither more
nor less than gambling to buy and sell ON
the exchange %, 600, 600 bags of coffee
On an average crop of 5000, 900 bags
Boston GioJe.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31
"HoYs WILL BE- BOYS"
-Boys will be boys We pss.at the old 5.

"Boys will be boys We reseat the old So,
ing,
Current with men;
Let it be heard, in excuse fer our straying,
Never again.
Ours is a hope that is higher and clearer,
Ours is n purpose far brighter and dearer,
Ours is u name that should silence the jeerer;
Wcwill be men,
Boys will be boys is an unworthy SANDER;
Boys will be Renl
The spirit of Philip in young Alexander,
Kindled again,
AS the years of our youth fly swiftly away,
AS brightens about us the light of life's day,
As the glory of manhood dawlis on us, we
say:
We will be men!
"Boys will be boysm Yes, if boys may be
pure
Models for men:
tf their thoughts may lie modest, their truth
fulness sure,
Say it again
If boys will be boys snch rs boys ought 10
Boys full of swee.-min,!ed, light-hearted
Let boys be boys, brave, loving and free,
Till they are men, -~:''v
Christian Union.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31
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rem irr noit dosJr b,,t vau ,io,s ~ the gdnef~
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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31
Keep Up WIN The Times.

,Ihe world is Citing wiser every day. Man.
Ss new As i is With Roiision. i.rt ind
S sSi,a &c go II Is with Medicine. Zach day
therefore Z, cur ability 10 cure its ,nany iiis
ne %ay OF gripping, rurying, ,lcbi'itatinE nj IL,
ttSc,r. n nSnGo Is rapidly Ia sing owny. and
GSnSse action Is natural aud cssy yet Effective.
tiSotS inSu nc l.. Man-s-lin, gentle laxa-
ncfe, aud loavcs no bad elects II neither
gripc, nor purgos; II 70. only cures Constips.
LON, put, al the oil orders and discusses arising
Snaii dosSe, piexenis Constipation altogether.
Si You nc3d Tonic, tako Fortuna. IL So,ir
t nio0d 10 diseased you will find notislng better
!, Al Europe has over 10000 periodical pub.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31

We ofror One Hundred pola,s reward for
amy case OF cntarr that cnnnot he cured by
taking Halls Gu arrl Cure.
T. j: CHERRY n Co, Props. Toledo, y.
We, the undersigned, have known f. ].
Cheney for The lust II ycnrH, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all hu.iucss trilnsnc-
lions, and financially nblc To carry out ANY Oh
legations nndc 10y their firm.
West Il rruax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Walding. Kinnnn d Marvin, Wholesale Drug.
Risis. Toledo. o. io.
L. ii. Van lluc.cn, Cashier Toledo National
Bunk, Toledo, Ohio
Halls Cntarrh Cure IL taken internally net
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur-
faces of the system. Testimonials sent lice
Pricc ,5r. or bottle. Sold 10y MI Druggirts
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31

DIR. Talmagc is to make an innovation
in church service when. his new church
is built. 1t is proposed to have an ante
room on either side Of the organ, and to
put in one chime OF bells and in the
othcr drum corps.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31

Is II economy 10 Hnvc few cents huyInr n
cheap soap or strong washing powder, and lose
dollars IN ruin q rott d clothcs2 II not, uso
Dobbins's Eloct' ic Soap. " hitc ns nnow, md
~ pure. Ask yJur grocer for it,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31
A Cure of Cntnrrh

In tho hoed, ns we'll Rs nil bronchial, throat
and lung Diseases, II taken In Time In effect cd
by using DIR. Picrce'e Golden Medical Daouv-
turned,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31

Mild. equnble china e, certain and abundant
crops. l3cs; fruit, grnin. grHss and stock coun-
try In the world. Full in!Ornaiio free Ad-
drehs Oregon lm'ierhtn liuard. Portland, Ore.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31

Miss Helen Gladstone has become
iouuulis,
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31
Oregon, the rarna,Ac OF Farm,

President Harrison seldom attends th,
theatre.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31
ReSettillr Sins.

Here is a list of the sins that are saio
to most easily beset mankind in the va
rious ages:
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1890-01-31

he crop Of indigo in CIiina is a rniInre.