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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-07-05
A Consclence.stricken ,ren,

A sad-eyed man walked into q store
in Beloit the othcraday, says the James,
Vile Gazette, and, planking down q $40
aote, tcarfully said: ':Just four years
ago to-day l stole a 81 pair Of shoes
from your store. Tho matter has been
preying on my mind, but my pride pre-
vented me from confessing. I can
stand it no longer. Take your pay out
IT this $40 bill" Tho merchant, Of
course, was delighted to meet such .
penitent, contritc soul, and gave the
man sc and he departed with q light
heart. Tho $40 bill was very finely
executed counterfeit. The next con
science-strickcn individual that pre-
sents himself ut that store will be
thrown into the river with neatness aud
dispatch.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-07-05
Mclean County.

The Paradise Of North Dakota A Half million Acre. 4 Fertile As4cultur.l Land
sm open to settlmnenta nd ali underad with immense vein.o 4 Coal.
MCLEAN COUNTY is situated IN the missouri river and adjoins BuEdgh county
OF the north It covers n area of 1928 square miles, N contains 14120 acres of the
finest quality of farming land. The. soil is a rich black loan, from eighteen inches to
three feet in DEPTH with clay subsol, and is capable of producing enormous crops of
and vegetables; it also has fine grazing and meadow lands oihding nutritious
abundance.
WAsHBURN,t the county seat is admirably located, being o q beautiful plateau at
the "Bg Bend" oft the Missouri rivers and commanding an excellent view Of the river
TO" sevmalm miles in each direction. Several mail and transportation lines diverge
from here, and it is the most important point o the Bismarck, Washburn & Coal
Steam-Packet Line It's also the terminal Point of the projected Aberdeen,
Bismarck d Northern Railroad now merged into the great $500" lne which has sur
All kinds of building material excellent blue sandstone good timber IN fine clay
for brikmaking, can b found in the immediate vicinity Of Washburn and have beer
used extensively by the citizens of thec county. An excellent quality of brick, as we'll
as the best OIL ma mem manufactured on the outskirts of the town.
Washburn has n courthouse amd jail, two large hotels. a substantially built
|5Obarel flour mill, three general stores a blacksmith and wagon shop, and a number
of substantial residences.
s OUR COAL FIELDS. #+s
Mclean county is noted for it's extensive coal fields, which underhs nearly its en-
tire area. In fact, there lc oale enough in Mclean county alone to supply the state
of North Dakota with fuel for half a century. til found din al parts in stratas vary
ing i thickness from hree to fifteen feet an it is matter of but q short time whom
this coal will yield an immense revenue to the enterprsing owners of the land.
wood and coal of Mclean county offer the greatest inducements to settlers"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-07-05
The Latest Petticoat.

The latest petticoat is straight frorc
Paris and is untrimmed. 1t is simply .
well-shaped skirt that looks as. If IL
we're made of leopard skin, but it is ir
reality a brocaded silk representing the
skin Of the wild beast. It is pleasantly
warm to wear and has a barbaric looI
delightful to the smart girl who liket
to imagine that she can have . sweet
heart brave enough to go out and Kill:
wild animals, the skins of which she
may use to keep her pretty self warm
Women to-day are just as fond Of think.
ing that men are brave and capable o,
manly sports as they used to be sure o,
it before the dude, the monocle and the
absinthe cocktail were in vogue.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-07-05
Nice in Tier Hair.

Mrs. Madison, q handsome young mar
ried woman, said to q San Francisco
Examiner man: '.One Of the strangest
things happened Q few nights ago. Ny
husband has been very sick, you know,
and l have boon sitting up with him, 80.
| sleep like q top when my eyes close.
Now. thero are those two white mice.
tho lovcliest things in the world, but
what do you thia!s? Tho other night
1,ney actually chcwed alholc in the top
II ny tsLy cap while was resting,
.nawal @y hair, which you can seegis
.bundant, md .aadeaSplcalil nest right,
m tho top Of lay head. How they did.
t without awakening mo I cun't OK
slain, hut rly Ml,baa,.ld. sick ha lie is,
,g1.et IS that Mtal COMO sort Of he'll
ic, 80 nis;"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-07-05
STRANGE cc:::c;oEMcEs.
Walter Besant's Experience with an Al
fisf and n Ioyn-N.i II Yaulh.

Walter Besant's Experience with an Ar
fist and n Lowest: Ie Youth.
Walter Besant has q lengthy paper If
the Independent on condolences, with
examples from his own experience
Three of them are as follows:
The following is an Illustration of the
coincidence that can not DO classed-
the coincidence startling. Ihc othc,
day ! was consulting witt: on artist
about the face and appearance of g
character in u novel which he was Illus.
trating. ''Do you know" ! asked
''such a one?" lie had never NC the
man. ''Well," l said, II wfeat some
such face as his" SO I bria. ~sss"itnet
the kind Of face. Meanttst' 49,; ,"s1cil
which is ono of those pe4.rl,a mich car
never keep still, Wei "a working
GLOW is that??" he ashrs Lowing ms
the exact portrait OF tia Ian in my
mind whom he had never seen.
l pass over tho cuinciGences which
can be explained by The fact that. many
minds are engaged upon the same sub.
ject at the same time. IL was 40 coinci.
dence when the TicAborno case was
being tried for a stranger i'll the train
to address you on tho subject, your
own thoughts being also occupied With
it. A coincidence which can be ex.
planned by natural causes is'a sham
or bogus coincidence. And since there
are condolences SO many and so various
that one might go on like a brook for.
ever ripping about them, I will end
with the coincidence oracular. Of these.
three occur to me.
There was once a swain in love; he
was a disconsolate swain, M of those
who whistle q reed of melancholy on the
mountain side. The reason Of his sad.
ness was not that he had been dismissed
10y that lady, but he feared to be dis.
missed by the lady's papa. The ex.
Equity of the outcome, in fact, could not
be denied. This sorrowful shepherd
wandered forth in the unsympathetic
London streets, expecting nothing
but finty-hearted GOODNESS. Sudden
ly he raised his dropping eyes. He
saw over a shop-front. written plainly
in letters q footlong: Clifford and Mar
riage"-the ladys name was Clifford.
He started; he read the words again; he
accepted the omen; he walked briskly
homo and wrote a letter with jocund
heart, and he has now been married for
fifteen years. I ought to know, because
I was present at the wedding and signed
the register.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-07-05
Waste-Paper Basket.

Select . peach basket OF pretty shape
and size (the effect is not as good II the
basket is too largel. Ran q ribbon about
two inches in width around the basket
just above the middle band, letting It
pass between the Stats. over and under
alternately. Having passed the ribbon
around the basket, tic a handsome bow
IN one side. The ribbon may DO Of any
,olor preferred: Light olive has . pref
~ effect. To gild It, It is necessary
only to buy q littlegit q the drug store
and 8 bottle 81 medium Or gold paint
liquid.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-07-05
Tho old Way Much Better.

1AV wv 1OUSsoxs
clubbing alcohol on the lips to make
;hem cherry-red is all very pretty 70,
while" said aleading doctor recently
rs a young lady passed him, 'but thu
caves the girl with disAgured lips"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-07-05

The Inter Ocean says that as a result Of
the extremely hot weather the crops
around Devils Lake begin to show symp-
oms of distress, and many fields are
turning brown. There has been consid-
cradle rain fall in that section, but not
enough to- overcome the %blighting effect
If the sultry weather.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1890-07-05

yoslng man naine. Johnny E,zns.ie
was drownsdpn Inc 25thsl whilo bathing
sha gefs River at sIrsaa FORKS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-20
Too Thoughtful.

Youths Companion. q
In a tiny seaport village there was in
stalled as postmaster not long ago a
man whom everybody had always looked
upon as quiet. well-meaning person,
who minded his own affairs. Whether
his elevation to Office had changed his
nature, or only served to develop a trait
of character which had long been waiting
a chance to display itself, no one
knows; but the fact remains that
curiosity, of most intense and per
sistent kind, seemed to take possession
of him from the very day he assumed
his new position.
Nobody could accuse him of holding
letters up to the light to decipher their
contents, or of reading postal cards, be-
cause he was never seen doing such
things; but in what other way he could
have acquired his knowledge of peo-
Dle's private affairs, it was certainly
difficult to imagine.
A lady III the village was anxious to
have a message reach friend on GER
tain day by the boat which took the
mail to aneighboring town; and hastily
writing a few lines on postal. she
signed simply her initial anu slipped
the card, with several letters, into the
box.
The next night, when she went for
her mail the postmaster hanued her back
the Lostal.
Il saw, Miss Green" he remarked,
with bland smile, ''that you HADN'T
finished that card, having lett off with
the first letter of some word, doubtless
an important one. knew you'd slipped
it in with your letters by mistake, so l
saved it for YOU"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-20
THE NAME "CHRIsTIAN."

Rev. w. j. Lhamon Advocates
Return to Christ's Name.
w. d. Lhamsn yesterday. at the
Church of Christ, preached from the
text: ''The disciples were called Chris
tians first at Antioch. Acts, XII, 20.
The word ''Christian" grows out of
the Savior's official name. 1t is rever-
enced now as no other name In all the
civilized world, and is rapidly becoming
SO in all the pagan world. 1t was
probably first given in mockery. or as
nickname, but it was assumed by the
early followers Of Jesus and soon be-
came universal among them.
In the first place, the name stands for
all that for which Christ stands, in so
far as His imperfect human followers
can at all represent Him in His perfect
humanity and His divinity. If the
name Christ stands for the highest
Christian. Ii His name stands for the
noblest ideal of life. SO does the name
Christian. If His name represents per-
lection of moral conduct, so does the
name Christian. If His name is the
symbol of what is beautiful and
true and good. of an ideal
above the human. yet revealed and real
lied for the human; # it sums up, in
short. the total of what Is best for US
forever, SO uOes the name Christian.
Once men gloried in the name Roman,
and then again in the name Frank, or
Gutn, or Gaul; and now they glory in
the name German,Or French,Or English,
or American; but above all these is the
name Christian, for it may include and
giOrlfy them all. Worthily worn, it is
mars best title, and it abidts while
others pass away. Who wears this name
worthily may we'll feel about it IKE
nlany OF the ancient martyrs, who init
mated by their answers at the stake that
their name, their country and their con-
ditlOn III life were all lncuueI in that
one name. When asked "Of what
country are your Lucian answered, Il
am Christian" "What Is your name?''
81 am Christian" Are you free Or
bond?' Il am Il Christian"
$ In the second place, this name must
yet be the rallying one for the union of
Christ's followers. No one lmagines
that PrOLestants can ever be united I'M
der any one of the denOminationaI
names. He would be a foolish Metho-
dist. or Presbyterian, or EpiscOpallan,
or CongregationaliSt, or Baptist, who
Would claim that his name or His de-
domination must be the one to swallow
up all the others. We are not redeemed
BY EpiscopalianIsm. or CoEgregauolial-
ism. or Methodisni, or any other such
ism. but by Christ, and his name is
already common. 1t MAY be held as
religious axiom that in ChriStis name
Christ's people can, if they will. unite.
When Christians come with Paul to
"glory only in the cross of Christ"
rather than in their denominational
statistics, then they will glory also only
in the name of Christ. Not one of our
present denominatiOnal names is in the
New Testament. but ChriSt's name is
there alone. In the New Testament all
of Christ's churches were designated by
location, and not by denomination, for
there was no such thing dreamed OF by
the apostles. That was the normal
state of the church; ours is abnormal.
A return to Christ's name would help
greatly to restore the normal order ana
ancient unity of the church.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-20
SHE CREATED VENUS.
A Local Record of the Charming
SOubrette, Miss Bessie Samson,


"Miss Bessie Samson, Little Puck
Company" is the way one Of the most
talented of sOuDrettes in this country is
registered at the Nicollet. She arrived
in the city last evening from Duluth.
where the company played Saturday
night; and, although the balance of the
company 20 to st. Paul, where it
plays the first three nights of the week,
Miss Samson prefers To remain in Min
neapOlis, lwhere she has friends, coming
over here each evening after the per-
formamce. Almost above any other
Soubrette on the American stage local
amusement lovers have reason to re-
member this dashing and accomplished
English girl from her numerous visits,
and the hits she has made here with
different attractions. Somesyears ago,
when the famous Vokes family used
to pay Minneapolis annual visits
with their delightful plays, such as
Fun in Fay" bellies of the Kitch-
en- Cousin joe" etc., one of the sis
tiers, Jessie. died. and Miss Samson was
engaged to fill her place. The menu
beers of the VOkes family were aiiAost
incOmp arabic in their particular lines.
but in the relies that Jessie used to play
Miss Samson created a most favorable
uC uCAb ttibt SIG was
seen here was as a member of that as
tute English comedians company,
Charles Wyndham. This actor proved
himself to be most refined and clever
comedian, and in fact, is yet; but while
! his company was much better than the
majority. there was none in it who
made greater hit than Bessie Samson;
land although the conservative manage
iment of the old academy raised the
prices to Sl.25, the houses were packed
at each performance. Miss Samson has
been seen on the local stage almost
times innumerable. but never without
sInaking decided hit in any part she
ever assumed. Every one remembers
how, out of love for Old Sport, in the
character of Venus in "a Rag Babv.n
she dons a sporting costume and be-
comes professional pedestrian, and
later sang and danced herself into the
good graces of every one. The local
stage has, from time to time. held out
the seductive attributes of hundreds of
s0ubrettes as drawing card; but it is
doubtful II any, with perhaps the ex-
ceptions of Lolita and Jennie Yeamans,
continues to hold the admiration
of local lovers of stage fun any more
than the sparkling little lady who is
registered now III this city as Miss
Bessie Samson. of Little Puck COM
nanVo
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-20
e HONE MILLION STAMPS.

The Device of a Swindler For Get
ting Variety of Postage Stamps
New Haven Palladium.
Every few weeks some one announces
himself as the victim of the 1,OOO, 600
postage stamp hoax. 1t is firmly be-
lieved by many people that if 1,OO0,0OJ
stamps are collected and forwarded to
some one bed will be provided fol an
invalid boy in some hospital, or home
for an orphan will be secured. or large
amount of money will be paid.
Churches have been the special vic
tins, and there is hardly city in Eng
land, the United States, Australia, In
dia, or any other country that has not
had several church members begging,
borrowing, and helping themselves to
postage stamps in order to make mill
ION that will go to clOthe and feed some
orphan.
The swindle originated in the fertile
brain OF postage stamp collector at
Stettin, Germany. He desired to get
large collections to sort out and sell
again, and hit hpon plan to set The
whole civilized world to work for him
gratis. He preyed on the sympathies of
people by announcing that an orphan
would be. cared for in the Syrian Or
phan home for every LOCO, 900 stamps
sent to him. This worked well. and the
next dodge was the starting of myth
ical mission in China, the holy sisters
of which were said to have agreed for
every 100000 stamps sent to them to
save from the Jaws of the crocodiles of
the Yellow river at least one Chinese
baby, and then educate and Christian
ize it. The stamps were to be sent, not
to Jerusalem or China, but to Munich or
Stettin. The last claim on the
sympathy of the world that
has been made by this Ger
man is that for 100000 stamps home
for an old lady or all OLD gentleman
will De provided i'm one of the three
homes--one in London, another in New
York and third in Cincinnati. For
100000 stamps bed will be endowed in
8 hospital, ami for 100000 home will
be fould for an orphan for one year. 1t
is estimated that the Stettin man has
collected over 10O,0OO,0O0 stamps in the
United States alone, One of his cir
culars was received by New Havener
yesterday. 1t is clever dodge to get
something for morning..
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-20
MINNEAPOLIS GLOBULES.

The French Canadians of Minneapolis will
give kirmess in the near future.
The Brownson Catholic club will give
musical and literary entertainment Wednes-
day evening.
Saturday evening Germania Hose Company
No. 3 will celebrate its twentieth anniver-
sary with ball at Harmonic hail.
The funeral of Mrs. NJ j. DonIey will be
held at o'clock this afternoon from the
Thirteenth Avenue Methodist church.
Rev. G. L. Morrill, begins his course of illus.
trated lectures upon the Yellowstone Ma
ucnal park, Tuesday evening, at Calvary
Baptist church.
The Fourth ward differs from the Seventh
In that street railway workmen are allowed
TO work on Sunday. Yesterday II large force
OF men were engaged in widening the tracks
at sixth street, and on Hennepin avenue be-
tween Third and Sixth streets All travel
above Sixth street was impeded and all cars
coming from the East side stopped at Wash.
fngton avenue.
The State Sunday School association has
arranged for twelve district conventions to
be held Nov. 1S and 10, all to have the same
programme. The Minneapolis district com
prises the counties of Hennepiu, Anoka.
1santl, Wright Carver. Scott Mcleod and
Slbley. The preparation for the Minneapolis
district is under the supervision of Messrs.
Willis a. James and j. E. BELL
Workmen are engaged in the construction
of the masonry incident to the building of
the bridge over the Manitoba tracks at FIT
teenth avenue southeast. The excavation
necessary to bring the avenue under the
other system Of tracks near Como avenue is
also well along. When these improvements
are com ple;ed the street car line from Fourth
street up to Elwell's addition will be changed
over to Fifteenth avenue. and the nuisance
of crossing the railroad tracks forever
avoided.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-20

wheat fall into the ground and die, it
abideth alone. If any man will come
alter me let him deny himself. take up
his cross and follow me. For lie that
would save his life shall lose it. and he
; that will lose his life for my names
sake and the Gospels shall save it,
What is meant by saving ones life?'
He saves his life who serves self, seeks
the'taings that are visible, lives within
the narrow horizons of time. He gets
: what he strives for-wealth, pleasure or
fame, and in the very act of grasping
: them lets go the things that are unseen
and eternal.
What is meant by losing life for
WRISTS sake? Here is conservation !:
the giving up of self to a noble purpose.
He loses his life for Christ who sets out
to live for the divine glory and for the
welfare of his felIow-meii, and in thus
doing he grows to the full statue of
moral manhood and makes the utmost
OF himself. Thus he, by the sacrifice of
self, enters into the higher and truer
life.
''The best exemplification of this
principle is found in Christ Himself, of
whom it was said, as He hung dying on
the cross, He saved others; Himself He
cannot save A great truth was in
those derisive words. No one who
would save others, or live nobly in any
real sense. can save himself. He must
sacrifice his life if he would save it."
The speaker closed with an exhorta-
ton to come up from base and selfish
pursuits to the higher plains of earnest
endeavOrs. 81 beSeech you. brethren,
that ye present yourselves living sacri-
nee, which is your reasonable service,
holy and acceptable unto God" y
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-20
ADJUSTMENTS.

"The Fakir" opened to the usual
standing room last night at the Bijou.
An entire change has been maze in the
cast, and some remodeling of the situa-
tions in the play have been made since
its last presentation here, year ago.
After seeing MIR. Seabroke in the part
of Seth Baker, the retired fakir, it is
hard to become accustomed to any one
else, though John A. Bunny, who
played this role last night, is good
actor. William j. Gilbert as Col. Lexing-
ton. the managing Spectator of ali opera
company, is all that could be desired.
George Mitchell, as Jack GasSaway,
acted, sung and dressed the part of
man of leisure. Miss Alice Harrison,
as Charity Banks, the servant girl with
ambitions, is the brightest feature of
the performance. Her limitations are
especially clever. Miss Annie Suther-
land possesses sweet, pure contraltO
voice, and sang acceptably. A number
OF pretty, well-dressed young ladies APP
pear OH the stage from time to time, and
sing and dance the evening away pleas
antly. Same bill all week.
Around the World in Eighty Days"
will be the attraction at the Lyceum
theater for one week. commencing to-
night. All the local ballet girls in the
city have been corraled to appear in
the production, and sixty people will he
seen on the stage at each performance.
The company carries its own special
scenery. The feature that has begun
TO attract considerable attention is the
prices, which will range from Is to 50
cents. There will be matinees on Sat
urday afternoons, when seats to all
parts of the theater will be sold for 25
cents.
That genius of the farce-comedy stage,
Frank Daniels, commences an engage
ment at the Grand opera house next
Thursday evening i'll that button-bust-
ing play of Little Puck" Since DAN
iels first made his appearance on the
public stage he has created many parts,
notably among them being John Bull
Jr. in the Electric DOLL" and Old
Sport in Hoyt'S Rag Baby" Sale of
seats will commence at the box Office to-
day.