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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-02

THE ruin OF Cyrus w. Field through
the Wall Street dealings OF his son is
a strange example of poetic retribu-
ton. How the old man must curse
his own operations, his partnership
with Jay Gould, for instance. in the
Manhattan Railway infamies.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-02

4 EAST lat STREET. N. ".
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-12-02
CHANCES.

ToR sALE-PATENT RIGHTS STATE OR
Z County, for q now Boiler and Steam Pipe
COVERING; already introduced; best references:
profitable business. j. W. CARR r. r. o. BOX No.
81, Jersey City.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19
DEAD SHOT

right at the seat of difficulty, is accom-
plished by the sure and steady aim 81
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Don't
fool around with a pop-gun, nor .
"Flint-lock." when this reliable "Win-
chester" is within reach!
DR.. Sage's treatment of Catarrh in the
Head is far superior to the ordinary, and
when directions are reasonably well
followed, results in a permanent cure.
Don't longer be Indifferent to the vert
ded claims of this unfailing Remedy.
The worst forms of Catarrh disap-
pear with the use of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. Its mild, soothing, cleansing
and healing properties effect a perfec1
and permanent cure, nc matter how bad
the case, OF of how long standing. Its
. remedy that succeeds where every
thing else has failed. Thousands Of
such cases can be pointed out. That's
the reason its makers back their faith IN
1t with money. They offer $500 reward
for q case of Catarrh which they an
not cure.
It's a medicine that allows them %
take such a risk.
Doesn't common sense lead you -
take such a medicine?
Gan advertising fake you say.
Funny, isn't it, how some people pre-.
fer sickness to health when the remedy
u positive and the guarantee absolute.
Wise men don't put money back q
"fakes." And "faking" doesn't pay.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19
BREAD BETTER THAN GOLD,
An incident Of the llI-Fated Bonner
PARTY,

VI SSSo lll-E aleu- DOIlE10I
Party.
During the closing day of December,
1916, gold was found in my mothers
cabin at Bonner Lake by John Den
ton. remember the night we'll. The
storm fiends were shrieking in their
wild mirth, We were sitting about the
fire in our little dark home, busy with
our thoughts. Denton with his can
kept knockingp pieces off the large rocks
used as fre-irons on which to place
the wood. Something bright attract
ed his attention, and picking up pieces
of the rock he examined them closely;
then turning to my mother he said,
''Mrs. Reed, this is gold" My moth
er replied that she wished it were
bread. Denton knocked more chips
from the rocks, and he hunted in the
ashes for the shining particles until he
had gathered about a teaspoonful.
This he tied in q small piece of buck
skin and placed in his pocket, saying.
eli we ever get away from here l am
coming DUCK lOF lore. DenuOn SCArC-
ed out with the first relief party, but
persisted on the way, and no one
thought of the gold in his pocket,
Denton was about thirty years of age;
he was born in Sheffield, England, and
was a gunsmith and gold-beater by
trade. Gold has never been found on
the shore of the lake. but a few miles
from there in the mountain canons,
from which this rock possibly came,
rich mines haye been discovered
Century.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19
1T WAS NOT A FAILURE.
An Indiana Nan Happily Married t.

An Indiana Man Happily Married to
Say! ran across a curious, pathetic
thing here the other day, and don't
mind telling you about it. Aman here
in town, prominent in business, is mar
ried to a totally blind woman. Not
much in that? No; but she was blind
when he married her. He was young
er then by ten years than he is now,
but he wasprosperous, ambitious and
successful. She has never seen sun
light. She was handsome as Nydin
and as poor. He married her, and
they have lived together in a peace
that passes understanding ever since.
They havet two bright children, healthy
and perfect, a good home, a thriving
business, a little fortune they have
earned themselves and public regard
that has no limit. She wouldgive one
half OF life to see her husband and her
children. 1t would touch your heart
to e howgentle heis with her, how
he leads her here and there. In this
age, when marriage means so little,
when scarcely Il thought is given to
the only thing worth thinking of-the
love that levels and exalts-when a
husband and a wife content are such
exceptions is it u wonder | barred my
head in his presence? How noble
man he must be! what loyalty must
possess his soul! No life can be com
monplace with q love like that
Lebanon Ind. Letter.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19
The Paris Project of Police.

He is to-day the most u%naccount-
able and the most powerful man in
France. His functions are highly
varied. He controls not only the or
binary police that patrol the streets
and keep order, but also h edetectives
and officers who constitute the "po-
lice judiciaire," and who work up
criminal cases. Besides these, he is
master OF the political police,-the
governments secret agents,-and he
has in his hands a secret-service fund
to spend unaccountably except as re-
CARDS his immediate superior the
Minister OF the Interior. His depart
ment cover the maintenance of order
everywhere in streets and public
places, the punishment ofmisdemean-
ors, the inspection of weights and
measures, the organization of impor-
tant %life-saving and sanitary services,
authority to permit or to forbid pub
Vic spectacles, licenses Of numerous
sorts,-such as omnibuses cabs and
river steamers.-the regulation of GER
tain trades and callings, and, in gen.
eral, the control of a great number of
services that affect the security of life
and property, the public health, and
the convenience OF agreat community.
The Century.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19
AN AGREEABLE EMPRESS.
Her Royal Majesty Of Austria 40
commodities a Poor Woman.

Her Royal Majesty Of Austria 40
commodities a Poor Woman.
The celebrated DR.. Meteger, of Am
sterdam, who last year successfully
treated the Empress of Austria, has
only one waiting room for all his pa
tients, whatever their rank or condi-
ton, says La Bon Messenger. Each
has to wait his turn. Some time ago
a poor woman; who happened to b
there, turned to her neighbor, a lady
of distinguished appearance, not with
standing the simplicity Of her attire,
and said:
"How long we have to wait, to Be
sure! Idare say you have got q little
child at home, too?"
"No."
"But when you get back you viii
have to sweep out your rooms?"
"No, / have folks who do that for
me-"
"1ndeed? But you'll want to get
dinner ready?"
"Not even that, for I dine at the
hotel"
every we'll, asyou havenothingpar-
ticular to do, you might let me have
your turn"
every willingly" replied the lady,
who was the empress of Austria.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19
How She Keeps Rosy

~ don't understand how you can
work so hard and yet grow so plump
and rosy" was the remark made to a
woman who arrived in the city no
long time ago worn out by mission
airy labor in the far west, and who,
against the advice of friends, i'm.
mediately took up work in a down.
town mission house.
II think it is because the sisters
take such good care of me-" was the
laughing reply.
"You know when Twas at homeand
when l was working in the west !
would keep on for hours and hours
without eating. Here l can't do so,
forthe sister in charge just comes and
sends me to my lunch.
"On two mornings of the week I rise
at 6 o'clock. I always have a cup OF
coffee and a roll at once. Break
fast is at 9:15. We have oatmeal,
eggs, rolls and coffee. Sometime be-
tween 10 and ~ o'clock they make
me take a glass of milk and bread or
a sweet cracker. At l:3O we have our
dinner of meat, vegetables and plain
pudding. In the middle of the after
noon there is a cup of tea and a
cracker, and at $50 a nice light sup
per of cocoa or tea, graham and white
bread, croquettes of so he sort or
cold meat, lettuce and prunes or
baked apples
cat 9 O'Clock, just before going to
bed, l have another glass of milk and
a roll. You see this way Of doing
gives one some sort ofnourlshment at
Intervals OF two or three hours all
through the day, and l I'm beginning
to think it a very sensible rule, es-
pecially for hard working people like
myself" and away tripped a brisk
little woman with a ~rejuvenated COM
plexion.-New York Recorder.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19
A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES

He Couldn't Harmonic With tho
Widow on a Very Chilly Ques-
ton.
II might a. been rich oncet," said
the man with straw.colored whiskers,
'but circumstances was too much f'r
me-"
"Tell us about it,"
"Well, you see, it was jest this way.
Twas workin' OH a farm down here
on the Wabash, when meets a wilder
at a hoedown with a quarter section
of bout as good land as you find out
doors. She sorter cottoned to me
right on the jump. Went to see her
three or four times an was gittln'
thicker'n winter m'lasses, when l tuck
the chllls and fevers. Ever have 'em?
Shake all the life out o. you one day;
pext day you kin eat like a hawg.
We'll, I goes to see the wilder on my
we'll day an 10 and behold, she had
the chills. Next day Ihad 'em, next
day she had 'em, next day l."
"Well?"
"Well, the upshot of the whole
business was, that fore l could get
rid o. them shakes a tramp preacher
came along that was in the habit of
having the shaks simultaneous with
the wilder, as it were, an cut me
clean out. tell you, boys, when old
Billy Circumstances has it in fer q
man he kin jest as we'll give it up."-
Indianapolis Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19
Platinum and Palladium Crystals.

Platinum and Palladium Crystals.
I. Professor Jolly has found that crys-
tails of platinum and palladium are
easily prepared as follows: A ribbon
of pure metal is stretched horizontal
~ between two binding screws. Onthe
ribbon finely powdered topaz is dust
ed, and an electric current is passed
through the ribbon of a strength suf
Gent to raise it to a bright red heat.
In about half an hour, or examin.
ing the ribbon with a microscope, it
will be;ound that very small. brilliant
crystals cling here and thereto pro.
jecting points of the partially decom.
posed topaz. If the heat be main
tanned these crystals steadily grow,
and in about two hours some will
have attained a size of about OIL mill
limetre. The crystals n Opaque, and
show a high metallic lustre, like that
of clean mercury, but are somewhat
whittier in cOlor.-Tron.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19
One Pure Baking Powder.
Like Telling a Secret.

A story is told and it is a true story that over seventy
per cent. Of all the baking powders sold contain either alum
Of ammonia, and many of these powders contain both. The
III effects upon the system Of food raised by alum or ammo.
mia powders are the more dangerous because Of their insidious
character. It would be less dangerous for the people were It
fatal at once, for then such food would be avoided, but their
baneful action because imperceptible at first and slow in its
advances, is no less certain.
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder is declared by an
authorities as free from alum, ammonia or any other adul-
terant. It's purity has never been questioned, and while II
does 6ner and better work, it costs no more ct retail than
many Of the adulterated powders.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19
Killed by a Bull.

BRoKENlBow, Neb., Sept. 14.-Patrich
Brown!was!killed by a bull. The last
seen of Brown was about noon, until
he was found dead about 10 o'clock al
night by his hired man, who found him
i'll the pasture with his right side
crushed III. The ground showed that
q desperate struggle had taken place
The animal had been deborned, cnn
seQuentlv the hodv wa not INITIATED
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19
ONLY CALLED THEM SO,
AVeteran's Story Got Monotonous,
but He Fooled the Boys,

AVeteran's Story Got Monotonous,
but He Fooled the Boys.
It was in the hot room of a Turkish
bath establishment. A gray-haired
veteran lay on one of the cots softly
humming a battle song, when he was
approached by a young man arrayed
In the CIRCULATION bath-house toga.
"Come here often, General?" asked
theyoung man.
"Ah, jim! is that you?" said tho
General. "No, not often. Pm not
much on Turkish baths"
The sheet covering the General had
become displaced and an ugly looking
scar on his thigh was disclosed. Jim
noticed it.
"What in the world is that, Gener-
al?" he asked.
The General fingered the scar affec-
tionately and replied:
"And that on the calf of the leg?"
II call that Charlottesville"
Goodness! That's an awful scar on
your left breast"
eyes. Second battle of Bull Run"
And your neck?"
"Vicksburg."
A crowd gathered around the cot
and looked at the SCARED veteran
with admiration. He put his hands
under the back of his head, and upon
invitation launched into a series of
thrilling war stories, keeping them up
until one by one the crowd had melted
away, each disappearing through the
door that led to the plunge. Then the
veteran gathered his toga about him
and started after them.
"Nearly shot to pieces" suggested
one who had fingered.
"Who?" asked the veteran:
"Why, you," replied the stranger.
"Me?" I was never shot,"
"But the scar on your thigh?"
"Cut myself with a Ratchet when I
was a boy"
"And the others?"
Chit myself with an ice-pick on the
calf of the leg, had a small cancer re-
moved from my left breast and a boil
danced on my neck. Lance mark was
never healed"
"But you said you were wounded at
Charlottesville"
II? Oh, no. 1 said Icalledit Chan
c%ellorsville. I've named my scars
after the fights 1 was in. wasn't
hurt in any way" /.
But he is still pointed out as q
brave man who was nearly shot to
pieces.-Pitteburg Dispatch.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19
secretary BI.ine's Whereabeuts.

BAR HARBoa, Me-. Sept. A-secre-
tary Blaine and family will probably
leave Bar Harbor Saturday, the nine-
teenth, for Augusta where they expect
to remain about Q month.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19

Cavalier County: Wheat is generally
being stacked. ... Hired girls are scarce
49,. Wager's Roller Mill at Walhalla is
to be enlarged,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19
mec.r,h,.wh,ppea in me E,s....

Mccarthy Whipped In the Eighth.
SAN FRAHo1soo. Sept. 15.-Tom Nc
Carthy of Boston and Billy Smith of
Australia fought for . $1,000 purse ct
the California Athletic Club tonight.
MCCARTHY was whipped in the eighth
round.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19

Mercer County: The Pilot wants
some of the western townships in the
county surveyed. 80. No frost to injure
grain. 90. But little wheat will be mar
keted before Oct. 1.... Big crops.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19

Ramsey County: The Inter. Ocean
says that 200, 600 bushels of wheat will
be hauled to Leeds for shipment via the
Northern Pacific. 800. Philip L. Azling
will be one of the new teachers in the
Devils Lake Deaf and Dumb school.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19

Stutsman County: Mrs. Flora East.
man has gone to the Moorhead Normal
School. ..M Miss Teresa Wade gave q
pleasant party. Lloyd & Hamilton
have a large flock of sheep On the way
here: -: Miss Hattie Bigelow is teaching
at Eldridge:.. The body of the little
Sohoeler girl has been found in the river
at jamestown; she had been missing for
four days,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19

Morton County: Nj. Gardener Is
the new master mechanic at Mandan
49,. Postmaster Thorbey has complied
with Postmaster General Wanamaker's
request to inspect the other postofioes
in the comfy. -. The postal route from
Mandan to Fl. Lincoln is to be con-
tinued. 49, Farmers report q scarcity of
help Col. o. V. Davis, formerly of
Mandan, have gone into the hotel bust
ness at Moscow, Idaho.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19

ooe Kent, of Lakota, was quite seriously
injured while ut Churcl's Ferry.
States Attorney Stsndish advises JUS
tices of the peace that it is useless to
commence suits against parties for run.
ming their binders on Sunday.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19

Kidder County: Charles and Harry
Devore have . large poultry breeding
establishment at Dawson. .Equestri-
anism is popular at Dawson. 500 Major
Patterson of Steele was severely scaled
the other day $50 Hiram Darling has
lost q valuable mare. The delegates
to the state W. O. Il. q. are Mrs. j. W.
Walker, F. Z. Hill, ". f. Foye and Mics
Lille Simpson.
Nelson County: leon Turcott, of
Lskota, harvested thirty.four bushels
Of No. 1 northern per acre. 49,. Mira. Ros.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19

MoHenry County: This county gets
3d. 1858. 90 school money from the state
The growth of the stock industry is
we'll illustrated by the fact that The In.
dependent publishes thirty.seven brand
and range notices,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-09-19

Sergeant County: Miln0r wants q
laundry. Senator Nelson expects to
thresh out 10, 900 bushels of wheat. ...A
Presbyterian Church is to be built at
Oogswell. Col. J. 8. Buchanan aud
wife. who have been visiting their son.
Hon. w. s. Buchanan. have returned
to Evansville, Ind. ... OogswelI is to
have a newspaper, published by W. L.
Strsub.. James Ross will start q store
down on the Sisseton reservation at Te-
wankOn.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-07-30
FIGHTING sEAMEN.
Rows Between Amori can and Dritis
Men Of Wars Men.


Rows Betweon Amcri can and British
Men Of Wars Men.
at Is curious Ching, and one which
could never satisfactorily account Tor, 3"
snid an old navy man tho other day 70 a
New York Times writer, but II the
crews Of an American and British man
Of war are given leave at tho same time
in a foreign port the result Of broken
beads and noses is no moro n matter Of
speculation than tho calculation Of the
next eclipse. As soon rs they meet a
row IS started, which generally ends
with all hands being disabled or mr.
rested, and sometimes both. Itfrcqucnt-
~ happens that the police Interfere
with the contestants. The unvvrittcn
law in this ease Is for the bclligorcnts
TO join forces against the common
enemy. I have often seen them como
out victorious IN their contests with the
officers 81 the law. and, after adjourn
ing 70 q ncighboring saloon for refresh
mcnts, begin again their interrupted
lOsUliiics. But II is only on neutral
ground THAT these general engagements
take place. IL they meet on English or
American soil each tries TO outvie tho
other in hospitality"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-07-30
rRluMPHs OF suRaERY.

Dkiilful Scientific Operations whereby
Stupid People Acquire Moro Sense.
Tho surgical operation reported in a
paragraph from the Pail Mall Gazette
Ands a parallel running in the other di.
rection, so TO speak, in n New York case,
IS the Evening Post of that city. The
Paris surgeon opened child's skull
which had closed too early, hinderinR
thereby the proper development of the
brain, and by this means secured proper
brain enlargement with a corresponding
increase of intelligence. In the New
York case the skull (of an adult) never
had closed, and the brain without nor
NAL protection was affected to the point
OF clearly deficient intelligence. The
subject was a young woman, house
servant OF good character and disposi-
tion, but stupid and Inefficient, despite
her evident desire TO do well. Upon be-
ing discharged from the service for this
cause she was for q time with her sister.
then employed in a hospital While
there engaged in such work as she could
perform her liability to headaches of
great severity and the pain occa-
stoned by any work requiring
a STOPPING posture were noticed
by one of the house physicians,
who in leisure time thought fit one
day 10 examine her head. This resulted
IN the discovery of persisting fontanal
or aperture between the cranial bones,
thing not unheard Of in adults, but
Tare enough 20 excite the attention OF
the hospital physicians, TO whom there
spon Che girl became an object Of sud
den interest. They worked upon her
with enthusiasm and succeeded in eff
fecting the proper closure. Now the
point Of the story Is that thus furnished
she assumed her proper brightness and
returned TO her former service, where
she became one Of the most accom-
Plished Of housemaids, uniting To her
old eonscieutiousncss and willing effort
aretcntive memory, power OF l7revision,
great capacity for quick learning ia
short "a remarkable degree Of general
intelligence. We do not give tho name
Of She hospital for fear lest the phyei-
clans may be ovcrruu by professions Of
dull servants coming % be made OYER,
but we cite the case, together with the
Paris operation, as % curious instance of
Ike effects produced by means which I'm
form were precisely opposite.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1891-07-30
HOW cAvIARE IS MAps.
The Roo OF the sturgeon ~ 1t La IRE.
pared for FEar.tct

The Roo OF the Sturgeon 10 1t La Pre-
pared for fIarsct.
The AllScineine Sport Zeitung, in an
article ON CGviare, says; "This delicacy
has only become generally known in
the last sixty or eighty years, but dur
ing that time it has acquired distin-
guished place IN the estimation ofeyery
gourmet. Every che Is aware that
caviare Is the saltcd roc of the sturgeon,
fish which is caught in great numbers
off the south coast of Russia. The
large grained caviarc, made from the
roe Of the largest species OF that fish, is
considered the best.
"Some Of the surgeons weigh as
much as three thousand pounds, meas
ure from eighteen 10 twenty-sevcn
feet in length and yield a roc weighing
eight hundred pounds. The fish should
be caught some months before spawn
ing time, while the roe Is hard and LIGHT
gray in color. AS it gets softer and
darker 1t becomes less and less suitable
for preparing caviare; and when IL IL
quite ripe it is completely useless for
the purpose. The process Is a simple
one. The roes, cut into large pieces,
are put into q horsc-hair or metal sieve.
the coarseness OF which is regulated by
the coarsencss of the roe, which is then
rubbed carefully through, so that it
falls out as uniujrrcd as possible, while
the skin attached TO it remains IN the
sieve.
'Thc finer sort of cnyiare Is rubbed
into an empty dish; it is then strewn
with dry, fnely-powdered salt: the
whole mass is then well stirred with a
wooden fork and Immediately put up in
little wooden barrels, ready for export
The inferior sorts are rubbed through
the sieve into strong brine, where they
arc allowed 60 remain untouched until
thoroughly sailed through; the brine is
then pressed out and the caviare packed
tightly il cases. The fresher and more
lightly-salted caviare Is the better In
1920 eavisrc to the worth of twenty-onc
thousand pounds sterling was exported
from the Caspian sea; since then the
amount annually exported, and cspe-
cially its value (for the price Is now
much higher than 1t used 70 bel, have
greatly increased.