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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-02-14
Notice of Homestead Final Proof.

U. $. Land Ofccat Bismarck. n. d., Dec 80. 1890:
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention TO make
final proof in support of bis claim and that said
proof will be made before the register and re-
ceiver at Bismarck. n ID. ,On February 10Th, 1891,
viz:
MICHAEL SCHENk,
For the nwN section a. township 143, range 81.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation of said
land, viz:
Fritz, Nochim katZ, all OF Washburn, n. ID.
T.. S. NEAL Register.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-02-14

Minnewaukan siftings: Attorney-Gen-
eral Spencer believes in enforcing the leg
islative enactment for carrying out consti-
tutional prohibition in North Dakota, and
is accordingly instructing the states-attor.
neys to close the 'sblind-pigs'' in their re.
spective counties. States Attorney Com
stock is giving successful attention to
those in Benson County.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-02-14

The merchant or business man In any
line who desires to reach the public, and
aoine and Ss s aena i
tisement that bears on its surface the indi-
cations of disordered liver does not at
tract It 5ePs and instead s Of dsaaa doing
pie elsewhere. The merchant who smiles
through his announcements and over his
counter makes friends and money; I'VE
90 this way. but once," and people turn
aside and pay good money to meeta warm
hand clasp and q smile.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-02-14

Mat. Edgerley, leading attorney of Bis
marck, has been appointed secretary of
the board of railroad commissioners, in
place of Harvey Harris, whose services were
no longer required. Judge Edgerley is a
most capable man for the place, and the
board chose wisely when they selected
him.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-02-14
Good Advice.

Don't neglect your own business to at
tend to your neighbours business. Don't
write Letters to other men when your hus-
band is away. Don't trust any man with
your secrets, except your own. Don't
think you are so smart that you cannot be
found oat. Don't go back on friend. for
one friend is worth dozen enemies. Don't
try to show people the right way to 60,
unless you know it yourself. Never write
to anyone, unless you dare sign your name.
To be continued. DETECTIVE
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-02-14

Mr.. Erick Danialson, of Painted Woods,
met with serious accident last Tuesday.
He was grinding feed in his farm mill, and
by some means his hand was caught in
the burr and three fingers badly mutilated.
He went to Bismarck for treatment, and
the three injured fingers had to be am
putated. s..-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-02-14

To certain extent general advertising
creates want. It announces new things
and familiarizes the public with old ones.
General advertising is of as great value to
the advertiser in keeping an established
article before the public as in introducing
q new one. The most successful business
men realize this, and they never let the
public forget their existence. The oft re-
peated assertion that advertisements are
not read is proved to be lie of the most
senseless kind by the advertisers record
of results.
In speaking of the minute parasites
which are found in the hairy part of I'll
gers foot, a scientist says: ''They consti-
tute one of the most wonderful curios1ties
I know of in the animal world. The para
sites are 80 small as to be almost invisible
to the naked eye and yet each is a perfect
counterpart of the tiger" and this parasite
has probably a parasite. Thus do the
smallest things in nature seem wonderful.
Cando Tribune: G. II. Olson has chance
of taking rank among the coal barons of
the country. He dug well seventy feet
deep, on his farm west of town, and find
ing no water, resorted to boring. At the
depth of ten feet he struck vein of coal,
which he could not bore through. He pro-
poses to dig down to the coal and see what
the prospect is. Success to YOU, Baron
Olson.
The people of this city were greatly
shocked last Monday by a telegram an
nouncing the death of Rev. N. D. Tanning
in Minneapolis the day before. Mr.. Fan
ming was for nine years and until the fall
of 1889 pastor of the Presbyterian church
in this city and was esteemed by all for his
intellectual ability and kindness of dispo-
sition. He preached as usual at the morn
ing service and died in the afternoon of
one of the attacks of nervous prostration
to which he was subject during his resi-
dence here.-Jamestown Capital.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-02-14

2 O'Clock p. m.
The board met pursuant to adjournment.
Present: Chairman, j. R. Mann, and Com'rs
Bettendorf and Allen.
On motion by Bettendorf, seconded by
Allen, the county treasurer was requested
to reckon the interest on outstanding reg
istered warrants, and report to
the board at the next meeting.
On motion by Bettendorf seconded by
Allen, the resolution ON county printing
was taken from the table and reconsidered;
and the LEADER was made the official pa
per. Mr.. j. R. Mann voted against the
motion.
On motion by Allen, seconded by Bet
tendorf, warrant was ordered drawn on
the general fund, to pay six months inter-
est on bonds, amounting to $617.50.
On motion the board adjourned to the
first Monday in April, at 10, q. m.
G. T. LANCE,
County Auditor,
By Frank B. Wells, Deputy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-02-14

A letter just received from ex-Judge L..
M. Wallin, informs us that he is now clerk
ing in clothing house at Helena, Mont.
he sends his regards to all his old ''snake-
hunting" friends in Mclean.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-02-14
OFFICIAL.
Proceedings of the Board of County Con
mlssioners of Mclean County.

WAsHDuRN, N. D., Feb. 10, 1891, 10 q. m.
The board of county commissioners met
pursuant to adjournment.
Present: j. r. Mann, chairman.
John E. Allen and John Bettendorf, who
had been appointed by the appointing
board county commissioners for the First
and Third districts respectively, were
sworn in and took their seats on the board.
On motion by Allen, seconded by Bet
tendorf, the bill of VIM. Lacy, salary as
county Judge for the month of January,
was allowed and warrant ordered drawn
on the general fund, for $25.OO.
On motion by Bettendorf, seconded by
Allen, the bond of j. E. Britton, as justice
of the peace, for $500, was accepted and
approved.
On motion by Bettendorf, seconded by
Allen, the county treasurer was authorized
to refund to Geo. B. Forgy of Logansport,
Ind, taxes paid by him on tax sale certifi-
Gates Nos. II and 72 of 1888, covering sH
of section and sI of section 8, township
LAT, range "a, with interest at II per cent,
out of the different funds to the. credit of
which it had been placed, amounting to
$218.2O. This land was erroneousfy listed,
and is still government land.
Moved by Bettendorf, seconded by
Allen, that the resolution of the county
board, passed at the January meeting,
designating the "Mal" as the official pa
per, be taken up and re-considered.
After some discussion it was moved by
the chairman, J.. R. Mann, seconded by
Bettendorf, that the motion to reconsider
be laid on the table to give time for con-
sideration. Carried.
Geo. E. Brownel, superintendent of
schools, requested the board to donate $50
toward a teachers institute in the county.
On motion by Bettendorf, seconded by
Allen, the matter was postponed on ac-
count of the financial condition of the
county.
On motion by Bettendorf seconded by
Allen, the bill of N. F. Boucher, as attorney
for the month of January, 1891, allowed at
meeting of Feb. 2, was reconsidered, and
the bill returned to Mr.. Boucher with the
request that he itemize the same, and give
his authority for acting as attorney for the
county since Jan. LIST, 1891.
On motion the board adjourned to 2
o'clock p. m.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-02-14

One good work horse and harness.
Inquire of R. h. Copeland, at the Leader
Office, Washburn, N. d.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-17
and pocketbook containing the Scotch

and pocketbook containing the Scotch
bank notes
Then how on earth had they come to
be in this place? A thief would hard
ly have stolen them to conceal them
thus in my own apartments, unless
unless-and then, very reluctantly,
slowly. and at first but vaguely, did
arrive at the conclusion. unless the
thief was myself!
Verify. this was an alarming SUPPOSE
ton, and confirmed my worst dread.
must be suffering under some frightful
inexplicable brain disease, for that
had done this thing was wholly and
totally unconscious.
For days and days, however, l took
no action. 1 hesitated to breathe a
word Of the extraordinary affair to a
soul Who would believe it? Every
body would say 1 had gone out of my
mind-I thought so myself. 1 doubted
if any doctor would accept as veracious
this wild account of my dread awaz-
ening to the truth. Yet, as I knew it
to be the truth, set this record of it
down while it was all fresh in my
memory, and eventually. being unable
any longer to bear the horrible sus-
pense and perplexity in which the
strange experience had left me, put it
before medical friend.
To my unspeakable astonishment, he
believed every word of it. Then, after
answering his endless. searching ques
tons, and when he had listened to such
verbal additions to the narrative as
could give him, he did not doubt one
single point.
"Yes,'' he said, amongst other COM
plications, you probably have been
walking in your sleep and yourself Sc
creting the various articles from time
to time. The key of the escritoire,
which you imagine to have been
the object taken from behind the look
ing-glass by the figure you fancy you
saw, had been placed there by your
own hand. Your brain retained some
dim perception of your having done so.
and the disordered condition of your
nervous system accounts for that per-
ception assuming the shape of figure
resem bling yourself, and in a state of
partial Inconsistencies you dashed up
on your imaginary burglar-your own
ghost, in fact fell and fully restored
your senses to their equilibrium By
that rap on your head. However, it is
enough for you if l tell you that your
nervous system is wholly broken down,
and that if you don't take long holt
day, go into the country, and for the
next three or four months lead a per-
fectly regular, quiet life, 1 won't an
swer for the consequences. No, shall
give you very little medicine. Fresh
air, quiet and regularity are the only
drugs you stand in need Of
His advice was followed to the letter,
for 1 was thoroughly frightened.
Thirty years have passed; 1 have long
been married, and 1 have never missed
a single piece Of property, large or
small, since that extraordinary August
night.-Au the Year Round.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-17

played the accompaniment so firmly,
lay in her lap.
Her only audience consisted of Count
ess Degenfeld, lying on a sofa, Miss
Rennert who gazed at her favorite with
beaning eyes, and Mr.. White, who was
expressing his delight to the singer nthu-
siastlcally, while she, with her childish
blue eyes raised to his, listened with q
happy smile.
Our appearance caused a sensation.
Why were we not at the concert? We
explained that we could get no seats,
and Lapotin, approaching Miss Ellen,
urgently begged her not to let us dis
turb her, or rather to compensate us for
our lost treat.
"a nice compensation, laughed she,
cheerily, "but will gladly sing, for the
piano is rarely to be had, and there are
always so many strange people in the
salon."
So without further urging she sang
one song after another. Without any
effort the magnificent tones came from
her youthful breast, without deepening
the color in her fresh cheeks. Finally
the countess thought she had sung
enough
''Only one more song; it is quite short,
little aunt said Ellen; then came the
soft, melancholy music 1t was Chop
ms ''Ringlein:''
''Muszte il die Ferne wande-n, etc.
At those sweet, complaining tones
felt the vacant chair between Lapotin
and me tremb1e. looked at my friend;
he had turned pale to his lips upon
which his teeth were pressed; his hand
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-17
HOUSEHOLD eREvITIEs.

To prevent the juice from fruit pies
from boiling out a small funnel made
of stiff writing paper may be placed in
the center OF the top crust-N. Y.
World
They say if you burn piece of gum
camphor about one-third the size of an
egg over candle, being careful that it
does not ignite, that the smoke will I'LL
the room and expel all mosquitoes-N.
Y. Tribune
"A nice breakfast dish is made by
baking bread that is dry, the dryer the
better, SO long as it is not moldy. First
dip it rather quickly into cold water,
then into eggs which are well beaten,
having a little salt in them Then inn
mediately fry in hot lard until a mica
BROWN. Y. Voice.
"A clever woman has converted the
unsightly. but alasi immovable steam
heaters Of her home into summer things
of beauty by having long, low boxes
made to stand upon them. These she
keeps filed with a few low-growing,
bright-hued plants and several vine
roots whose reaching tendrils of green
hang far toward the floor in a graceful
swaying fringe.-N. " Times
"A Fig Pudding.-A half pound each
pound each of brown sugar and bread
crumbs; six ounces of flour; two acid
apples chopped fine, a half cup of
sweet milk and three eggs, the whites
and yolks beaten separately. If suet
is not at hand use butter, creamed and
mixed with the -four. Mix the sugar,
eggs and milk, stir in the other ingredi-
entS, put in a buttered mold. and boil
four hours--Ladies' Home Journal
A splendid shaving soap is made by
shaving fine three pounds of the best
white bath soap, add to it three-fourths
of a pint of soft water and one pound Of
palm oil. Melt il in an earthen bowl
or tin pail placed in kettle of boiling
water. Stir we'll together Add sixty
drops of oil of lavender and ten drops
of oil of neroli These give it delici-
Gus perfume Stir well, turn into q
shallow pan of wood or tin, and when
sufficiently hard cut into squares-Des
troit Free Press
Mrs S T Rorer, principal of the
Philadelphia cooking school, is author
ity for the statement that string beans
are the easiest of all vegetab les to can
She directs that they be merely put into
boiling water, cooked rapidly for fifteen
minutes, and put up precisely as small
Both fruits and vegetables keep better
in the dark than where it is light, and
cans may be wrapped in paper bags. If
no other method of securing the desired
condition seems misunderstanding
American
German Potato Salad--A perfect
salad can only be made of young pots-
toes The Germans use a small hard
variety of potatoes Boil the potatoes
in their skins, peel and slice them Lay
them on the platter and sprinkle tea
spoonful of salt two tablespoonfuls Of
oil, and two of vinegar over every
quart of sliced potatoes, while they are
hot; add a few shakes Of white pepper.
Cover the potatoes and let them stand
awhile When they are cold, add two
| tablespoonful of chopped onions. a
handful of chives, and two tablespoon
| fuls OF minced parsley.-Demorest's
Na,z,-o
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-17
FOR AUTUMN WEAR.

The Bell Skirt to he One OF the Fall Favor
ties :
The autumn skirt promises to be the
bell akirt The first bell skirts were
cut out in semi-circular form and with
but one seam down the center of the
back. The modification which is most
favored to-day has a separate front
breadth slightly gored at either side,
and a breadth on either side, each of
which form quadrants of a circle and
meet in bias seam in the center of the
back. This skirt is made with a simple
hem around the bottom. and finished
on the bottom entirely by hand, as q
machine seam might cause the skirt to
flare at the edge and set in an ungrace-
full manner. Only the simplest border
is allowable around these skirts, which
must be made soft and clinging at the
back without the use of crinoline. a
border of narrow bias ruffles, not over
two or three inches wide, put on in a,
group of three, Is sometimes used; but
more often a soft border of fine passe-
menterie finishes the skirt on the ex-
treme edge The new bell skirts, in
tended to be worn with shirt
waists, and for general ath-
1etic wear, are finished with a
pointed Swiss belt ornamented with a
row OF tiny buttons on either side,
while the skirt itself is severely plain,
except for piping about the hem on
the bottom, and perpendicular pocket
flaps at the sides of the front breadth,
which are ornamented with buttons
and under which substantial pockets
are placed
The much-mooted question of the
position of a woman's pocket is done
away by the fall fashions, as nearly all
the tailor dresses for general wear have
two substantial pockets, one on each
side, and their ornamentation is q part
of the garniture Of the dress Some
of the new dresses have circular pock-
cts slit in them on either hip. and are
finished at the ends with narrow heads
of silk A fanciful way of trimming
the severely plain skirt of tailor made
dresses is to pipe it with braid or color
around the front seems and allow this
piping to run up one-third the length
of the seam on either side of the front
breadth The pointed belt and curving
pockets are then finished with piping
in similar manner-N. " Tribune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-17
AN EXCITING SCENE.
A Lady's knowledge of Character Saw.
Her from tho Patrol Wagon.

Lady's knowledge of Character Saves
Her from the Patrol Wagon.
A handsome lady whose husband is
a member of one of the ''old families
entered the shop of prominent hair
dealer and laid on the counter some
human hair she had purchased at the
same place few days previously.
The clerk refused to take it back; SO
did the proprietor, who was called to
decide the matter.
The lady said there were nits in the
hair, and she did not want any in ex-
change for it from that shop.
The tone and manner of the dealer
were not conciliating. The lady was
already angry. and she grew more SO
in the exciting dialogue that ensued.
Finally she picked up a hand glass and
threw it at the man. He missed the
missile, but it did not miss some of his
valuable property, and, moreover, it
shivered itself to pieces on the floor.
$50 for an officer" shouted the man
to clerk.
Eyes! go for an oficer!'' cried the in
furiated woman.
When the policeman put in his ap-
pearance the dealer said:
"Officer, arrest this woman!"
''Officer, arrest this -nanr' COM
manded she, in tone of authority.
''She broke my looking glass!' he
said.
He is an Englishman!" said the
lady, who saw at glance that the
policeman was an IriShman.
The officer at first looked from one
to the other, but when the lady re.
sponded:
''Officer, arrest this Englishman!" he
replied, in rich brogue and with a
hearty good will: Take out a war
rant, lady. and I'll take him down-Ill
take him down with pleasure"
By this time she began to surmise,
so she said afterward, what her hus.
band would think of such an affair,
and so she resumed her dignity and
left the shop, leaving her unfortunate
purchase of human hair to make up the
loss of the mirror.-St- Louis Chronicle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-17
THE PROFESSORS DISCOVERY.

Professor Wigglewaggle was very learned
To benefit humanity he had patent plan;
'.'To all intents and purposes person can" he
thought,
."Live double his allotted timely living as he
ought
The way this idea struck him was by seeing
people aste
Their time and strength and energies-which
cannot be replaced,
BY working In q hurry, without stopping once
to think
sOf better ways to manage, or to even eat and
drink.
And then he calculated that If people rightly
Their time and strength and energies thus
wasted and abused
They'd do their present daily work in just
one-half the day.
And then restore their powers by after
noon OF play.
Before grand discovery like this one can be
hurled
upon unsuspecting and unsympathizing
worli
The finder first must try it on his family to
If there any errors to prevent it working
free.
And SO the good professor-for the sake OF
human life
began to make study of his ever busy wife;
H11cr uccultSS steps ne counted WaLcneQ ner
powers misapDied,
And noted how, for nothings, was her pa
thence often tried.
MY dear he smiled, one evening, II have
figured out that you
use twice the force required for your work
that's never through;
Now, If you'll run this household in my scien-
tific way
You'll do the work in half the time and have
the rest for play"
o. Professor Wigglewaggle'' said his wife, IF
were you
ia let a woman manage-as it is her place to
And keep out of the kitchen. When I want a
patent plan
For running my domestic work 1 needn't ask
a-MGn.'
Alas! Had Mrs. W not sat on him SO hard
Had she for living longer shown a little more
regard
We might not see the worry and the hurry
people show
IN rushing to their cofins long before they
ought to CO.
H. c. Dodge. in Goodall's Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-17
attend the concert at my request, and
therefore 1 am well cared for"

attend the concert at my request, and
therefore am well cared for"
The clergyman, who understood
French very imperfectly. raised his hat
politely and the happy pair disap-
peared.
Lapotin and I looked at each other.
Suddenly my friend broke out into a
hearty laugh, such as had never heard
from him before.
Come" said he, merrily, I'VE will
now give, up the concert entirely.
Rubinstein will play again Let us go
to the drawing-room, which will be
over a cup of Russian tea which Louis
makes from my special recipe. You
know one can talk better after having
escaped from danger" he added
As we drew near the salon the sounds
Of music greeted Us. Lapotin made q
grimace.
Music again." said he despondently;
''Kismet-no one can escape his fate"
Just then a young, pure voice rang
out. We stood as If rooted to the spot
before the half-open door. The invis-
ible songstress sang the Farewell song
from the ''Trumpeter of Sekkingen,"
and the refrain sounded wonderfully
touching and beautiful:
"Behuet dich Gott, es wer 20 schoen gewesen,
Behuet dich Colt, Is hat NIGHT sollen sem"
At the close, we entered the room.
and there before the piano sat Miss
Ellen, in ade1ightfully unconscious at
Htude; her slender hands which had
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-09-17
Save Your Finrer-Nailx.

'sYou must enjoy breaking your fin
ger-nails of" said a lady to her friend.
who was pulling and tugging at the
heavy cord around a large parcel
why don't you invest twenty-five
cents in a pair of pinchers and keep
them in your work basket? You will
find them the greatest imaginable saw
ing of fnger-nsils, temper and time.
say nothing of cord i used to have no
end of bother in getting my parcels un-
done, and almost invariably hurt my
self and then got desperate and cut the
cord all to pieces, but i found that
didn't pay, for when / wanted a bit Of
Irvine there was nothing but odds and
ends TO be found. Finally one day .
parcel came while ] was using the
pincers for some other purpose, and.
merely because it was the handiest
thing to do, i undid the string with
them The result is that keep . pair.
indeed. three or four pairs. around the
house ever since The habit of cutting
cord from bundles has its disadvan-
tages. as when one needs piece il in
wolves an often unsuccessful search.
Nowadays unite all of the strings,
roll them in little bundles and put
them in q corner OF the kitchen table
drawer. It has saved me many q
minute of time and much vexation, to
be able to lay my hands on such tridin2
convenience& IN. Y. Ledger.