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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-18
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Casting ancho.~uuout 100 yards
from shore, q fisherman in the
Mooosehead region was getting
ready to light his pipe, when he saw
the wake of some kind Of animal in
the water. He says:
1.-The animal making it was head
ing toward the clearing in such q
way as lead him across my bow.
Immediately l started to pull the
anchor, and at the noise the wake at
once headed for me. This was asu
prise, and, thinking the animal
might be a water snake, l took up
the paddle, ready to do battle it
necessary.
On came the wake, but as l was
about to strike | saw that the crea-
ture was a small one. dropped the
paddle into the water, thinking to
''hip" it into the air and get sight Of
it. But before ! could do this, IKE q
flash something RAJ up the paddle,
across my wrist and out to the bow,
and then l saw that l had a red
squirrel for companion. He was
painting; his sides worked like bel
lows, yet he watched me keenly.
did not approach him, and as the
fish now began to bite at the end Of
my 1OO-foot line, he sat there un-
molesteI untillong after the sun had
risen. A hail to breakfast was n well
come one, and as l approached the
bow to pull the anchor Mr.. Squirrel
took the stern sheets. Padding in,
| put my end of the boat against the
rock, intending to keep the squirrel
aboard.
But as thepaddle touched the rock
as ! "fended off, the craft, the squir-
rel came along the gunwale of the
boat, over my erin, down the paddle,
over the boots ofmy companion and
up a spruce tree, all in the twinkling
ofan eye, and there he chirped and
chatted gayly.
That squirrel must have swan a
mile before saw him, and. evidently,
was bound for the scraps which fish
ermen throw out around the camp,
for he fingered all day and then dis
appeared. An old guide told me
that he chose an hour when the
night birds, hawks and owls had
gone to roost and before the day
hawks had come out, in which to
swim across, and that he les knew
what he war about" and l don't
doubt the statement.
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Welsh Tiu.plnte Mill. Closed,

LONDON, July 14.-There are 80 thu
plate factories in Wales. and 60 of these
have suspended work. This was the
result of a joint agreement. So much
tin-plate had been rushed over to es-
cape the operation of the Mckinley law
that the American market was over
stocked. The present movement is an
effort to relieve the market, so as to raise
prices. This had t. disastrous result
raising the prices to such q point as to
induce Americans to build their own
factories. On the first of next month
the owners will decide whether their
factories will be opened or not. Many
are in favor of flooding the American
market and keeping prices 80 low as to
discourage home efforts at manuf actur-
ing. Several manufacturers have sent
agents to the iron regions of Alabama to
investigate the ACCESSIBILITY of putting
up n-plate works there. Thirty thous.
and Welshmen thrown out of work are
eagerly awaiting the result.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-18
Two Clever Paupers Caught.

Two Clever PauperS Caught.
Paris Dispntch.
Sympathetic spectators gathered
this afternoon around 81 young man
who fell down in front of the
Louvre in what appeared to be an
epileptic seizure. One OF the by
ISLANDERS stepped forward and pro-
posed to carry the invalid to chem
lists shop not far off and another Of
fered to assist. The one who spoke
first took up the epiletic's hat and,
throwing six pense into it, said to
the crowd: II am IL poor man my
self, but ii each one OF you did as l,
this unfortunate creature would have
something to relieve his sutierings."
Impelled by this generous example,
the crowd showered coppers and
small silver into the hat until over
10 shillings vas collected. Great
was their a~stonishment when two
constables walked up and seized
both the benevolent originator of
the aims collection and the epileptic
sufferer. The latter, as soon as he
opened his eyes and say the police.
man, forgot that he was an invalid
and attempted to escape. They we're
both taken to the lookup, and were
identified as two well-known lazy
mendicants, named Garnet and Des'
marets. They had enacted the same
dodge successfully in the Rue Saint
Honore during the forenoon, the
epileptic and his colleague on that
occasion fleeing the charitable to
the extent of 8 shillings. The chem
lists assistant, who relieved the pre-
tended sufferer in the Rue Saint
Honore, happened to pass the
Louvre, while his second perform
ance was going on. Suspecting a
fraud, he told the police, hence their
arrest.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-18
American Athlete. Capture Prizes.

LONDON, July 14.-Representatives of
the Manhattan Athletic Club Of New
York made a iral% appearance in Eng
land today on the grounds Of the Lon
don Polytechnic Athletic Club In the
800 yards handi ap race J s Roddy of
the Manhattan Club. who had a start of
eight yards, won by a yard in AZ 2 s sec
onds. In the 100 yard fiat race Morti-
mer Remington, also of the Manhattan
Club, finished first. His time was only
q yard worse than ten seconds. In
the 800 yard invitation handicap
rae Remington, who ran from the
scratch, again distinguished himself,
winning the event III thirty-two seconds.
The time made by Remington in this
race is q half second below the English
record for the distance. In the ham
mer. throwing contest @. A. J. Queck-
berner, another member of the Man
hatten team, threw the hammer o dis:
tarce of 131 feet and 8 inches. and will
receive the Polytechnic Clubs special
gold medal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-18
ACeneration on the March.

London Wit aud Wisdom.
A generation on the march from
the cradle to the grave is an instruc-
tive spectacle, and we have it are
fully presented to US in n report Of
DR.. Farr. Let us trace the physical
fortunes which any million of us may
reasonably expect. The number to
begin with is made up OF Ill .745
boys and 4SS,255 girls, q d%ispropor-
ton which, %by-an.-by, will be re-
duced by the undue morality of the
boys and will be reversed before the
close of this strangceventtul history.
More thana quarter OF these children
will die before they are five years old
in exact numbers 141,3S7 boys
and 121.795 girls. The two
are now nearly on q level. The next
five years will be much less fatal. In
the succeeding five years-trom ten
to fifteen-the morality will be still
further reduced Indeed, for both
sexes, this is the most healthy period
of life; the death rate, however, is
lower for boys than girls. There will
O0 6OLlc SiuVitIlCe LII lIt uctUuS Ill Ouc
next five years, and still more in the
five that follow, but 4,O45 will GER
tainly enter on their twenty sixth
year. Before the next ten years are
at an end two-thirds OF the women
will have married. The deaths dur
ing that period will be 62.O52 and OF
these no fewer than 27,134 will be
caused by consumption. Between
thirty-five and orty-five Il still larg-
er "%death-toll" will he paid and little
more than half the original band
in exactnumbers, 500, 915-willenter
on their torty-sixth year. Each sue
ceeding decade. up to seventy-five,
will now become more fatal, and the
numbers will shrink terribly. At
sevenJy-five only 161, 1914 will remain
to be struck down, and ofthese 1885,
$50 will have persisted by the must
become still more limited as enlight-
enment goes on. AS a method for
producing oblivion from pain he ex-
poets to find it further limited in ap-
plication to short seasons of special,
social or meteorological cast; and if
it falls the influence of suggestion
will fall with it.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-18
An Act of Heroism.

Capt. Bond Shelton. who was pres.
emit at the recent wedding of his
nephew, Lord Louth, is-or was-the
young cornet of dragons who. when
the Inflated Birkenhead struck on the
rock (lS52), helped tosave the wom-
en- and children, and when this was
done marshaled his men on deck,
formed them into line. and went down
with them firing a royal salute. The
men all persisted, but he was picked
up by o stray boat after long suffer.
ing in the water. The then king OF
Prussia, the grandfather of the pres
ent Gerlnnn emperor, when he heard
of this deed, ordered a parade Of
Toe, 600 men at Berlin, and had the
account publicly read as a record Of
military hcroism.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-18
The Kind of Stuff You Find in
Women.

Alady living in Henderson county,
whose husband died a short while
since, did something the like ofwhich
is rarely witnessed. It seems that
her husband owed some four thou
sand dollars, most of which had
either been barred by the statute of
limitations or had been liquidated
by his act in taking benefit OF the
bankrupt law. His widow lost no
time in collecting these evidences OF
indebtedness, and borrowed $4,000
with which to pay them, mortgaging
the farm (which belonged to her and
on which she lived) to raise the mon
ey. Recently checks were sent out
to creditors in full, in amounts rang
ing from a few dollars up to seven or
eight hundred dollars.
She steadily refused to recognize
either the statute of limitations or
the act of bankruptcy as any bar to
debts owing by her husband, and
not having the money mortgaged
her.own home to raise it.-Hender-
son (Ky.) Journal.
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His Judgment Correct.

"Ah! Mr.. Greeenel" he said, az he
shook hands with a gentleman from
New Haven as they met in Uuion
square.
"Glad to see you Mr.. Smith,"
"By the way, sent you a young
man a few months ago."
"You did"
81 recommended him as a hustler"
eyes"
"Well, l wanted to ask you how he
developed. When Ipass judgment on
q man l like to follow him up and
see if I was right or wrong"
ooh, you were right in this case"
"Then he was q hustler?"
"Indecd he is. When he had been
with me three months he a away
with my daughter. l took them
home, extended my blessing, and
now lie has gone with my wife and
$4,000 in cash. You made no mis-
take in your man, sir. He is at
present outhustling five good detect
ives. New York Sun.
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Or Which?

He was wandering up and down
Grand street with a sort of lost air
about him. when he finally turned
aside and inquired of demonstrating
in q doorway:
"say; I don't know but you'll
think Pm half fool, but want some
thing and can't for the life of me re-
member what it is."
"Well?"
Its something you sharpen a
knife on"
ooh, you want q MILESTONE"
"Ah! that's it!-that's it! The
name went out of my mind and
l couldn't think. of it to save my
neck. Yes, it's q milestone and l
guess I can find one next door.
Much Obliged"
He walked into the store with a
bland smile, and as q clerk came for
ward lie said:
81 want a-a-"
"What is it, sir?"
"GOsn all nemIOcK DuG I'm Cne
biggest fool in York state! l had
the name of it ten seconds ago, but
she's gone agin."
"Perhaps it will come"
"Let's see-let'ss see! Hum! Hum!
Mighty queer. l must be Citing
purity old. Oh, I've got it. What
do you use n whetstonefor?"
"To sharpen axes with"
"Hum! Axes! Don't seem as If l
wanted an ak. Might be, though.
Well, gimme one, anyhow. If git
home and findi it was knitting-needles,
f1at-irons, or a rat trap I'll have to
take it out in jawing the hired man
and licking the steers. New York
Sun.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-18
A cleanly Race.

Although, as the small boy
observed, "clean don't show'' on
the dusty African, yet some savage
tribes are far superior in habits of
cleanliness to many people who live
in civilized lands. The daily bath is
regarded as a necessity OF lifein
scores of African tribes, and many
of them have soap as we'll Us water.
The soap is made by placing ashes
in plantain leaves folded in the shape
ola funnel, then pouring water over
them, which runs off as I've into an
other vessel, and then adding fat to
the I've and boiling down.the mix
ture. This process makes a rather
dirty-looking ~soft-soap, but it an
swers it's purpose pretty well. The
manufacture Of this soap was doubt
less introduced into equatorial Africa
from Egypt and the scudan.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-18
Wanted to Be Q

An old fellow waslying on the grav'
Ell near a creek. grooming pitiously
A man came along, and, seeing the
sufferer, approached and asked what
allied him.
"Nothin', only I'm q blame fool"
he answered. writhing in pain.
"Well, but simply being q fool
should not cause you to suffer SO
much. l have seen a great many
fools, and %theyrather appeared to en-
JOY themselves"
"Thatmout be, but they want SIGH
big fools as I am"
"Butsay. yourleg seems to be brok-
en-. How did that Gomez"
"See that bunch of corn stalks and
trash up yonder in that tree?" the
old fellow replied, pointing to q tall
sycamore.
eyes"
"That was the cause, I come along
here this mornin' and said to my
self after studying awhile: 'MiltonB.
Joyner.' saidI, you are gittin' along
in life and you amt never made folks
open thar eyes yit, so it is high time,
for l have noticed that a man that
don't do somethin' outen the usual
never makes no noise in the world
Tor never causes folks to talk about
him. Now, l tell you what you do.
You have hearn folks talk about high
water and have hearn a good deal Of
lynn fust and last, SO now if you
wantto take the breath outen all the
liarsjest tote a lot Of %corn-stalks and
trnst way up in that tree and fix the
stuff jest like that water had left it
thar. Thin folks in gineral and liars
in particular will come after they
have hearn about it. and of all the
wonderment you ever hearn in your
life you will hear it then, and not q
man nor liar among them will dare
to say that they have yer knowd
thewater to be any higher: nnd then,
old man, says 1, still talkin' to my
self, you can go on away a KNOWN
that you have made folks open thar
eyes, Well, l gethered up the trash
and corn-stalks and toted them up to
the top of the tree and fixed them all
nice and started down. but my loot
slipped and the fust thing l know'd
1 was layin' here with a broken leg
and a-knowin' that l was the biggest
foolin this whole country. Now you
know"
"You were indeed foolish"
"The biggest fool in the country, ]
tell yot."
"Can 1 do anything for your"
"Nothin, only if you feel kind to.
ward me you may jest break this
other Leg. for SIGH a man as 1 am
oughtenter have no legs a tall"
ooh, l couldn't do that"
"Then go on away and let me
alone"
"But l don't want to leave you
here to suffer alone"
"That's all right, podner; won't
be alone long. Old Jim Pitts will
come along after while and knock me
in the head. Good-by. "-Arkansaw
Traveller.
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Ben Buffers Wealth.

Any list Of Boston millionaires
would be incomplete without the
name of Benjamin F. Butler, who
is estimated byclose observers to be
worth between $4,000, 900 and &c.
OOO, 900. Heisreally more identified
with Boston than with Lowell,
though he has his magnificent resi-
dence in the latter place. His law
offices in Ashburton place, Boston,
are the finest in the city, and there
he may be found early and late when
not in court or travelling, for, unlike
most ofthe lawyers of Boston, he has
a large practice in New York, Wash
ington and Chicago, where he has
copartnership offices. His law prac-
tice is worth $4,000 a year. He
lives we'll, is very generous, and his
famous yacht AMERICA is one of the
finest. The bulk of his fortune has
been made by investing in manufac-
tories.
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Survival of Dangerous Germs.

1t has been shown by NJ. Esmarch
that disease microbes do not long
survive in corpses, and as II general
rule the more rapidly decomposition
takes place the more quickly will the
organisms perish. Experiments
were made with nine different kinds
of microbes, contained in the bodies
of animals under the various con-
ditions Of burial in the ground, keep
ing under water and exposure to air.
The bacillus of fowl cholrrn was sell
dom found after three weeks, though
that OF septicmmia survived ninety
days, while that of consumption did
not lose it's virulence until from 204
to 252 DAYS had passed. All trace
of the other Notwithstanding
those of typhoid fever, Asintic chol-
era, tetanus and anthrax-disap-
peared in from three days to ~ week.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-18
Hypnotism in Love.

The French have discovered O new
way Of drawing unrequited love out
OF the hearts ofthe lads and lassies of
that country. Hypnotismi is the me-
dunn used, and one orthe cases where
it was used is thus reported in a
Paris journal: "A young man be.
came deeply enamored of alndy, who
did not reciprocate his passion. He
was hypnoti2ed, and his hand was
placed III h ehand ofanother. When
he recovered he "a perfectly indiffer-
ent to his love, and the recipient of
his passion was plunged deep into
Cupid's tolls. The latter was hyp-
notized and told to abandon his fol.
ly. When he was restored he had no
love for anybody, and there wasn't
n particle of love left in the ROOM"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-18
One Hundred and Seven Years
Old.

Mrs Manchester, of Bildershaw,
near Darlington, England, is we'll in
her 10th year, having been born at
Gallow Hill, Yorkshire, on May 20,
coax Apple day." 1888. A healthy
old lady she is, too. She no longer
rises early, but she performs her own
toilet, and, though a little deaf, can
see without glasses, her Second
sight" having come to her about
eighteen years back. She also talks
and walks well, and during tn. lato
harvest actually took part in the
cleaning. Mrs Manchester, who is a
widow OF forty years standing, has
had several children. Her eldest sur
viving "child'is 80 years of age, and
she has a great-grandson of25. She
cannot "abide" doctors and has only
Travelled by train three times in her
'ife.-Hall's Journal of Health,
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Evolution of the Gallows.

Evidently the strong arm of tree
served as the primitive gallows, and
such was in use at a veryearly period
in mans history. In the book of
Esther we read that Haman was
hanged on the tree that had been
prepared for Mordecai. In more re-
cent times, in ancient ballads an ac-
count of the gallows, references are
made to the "fatal tree" the "gal-
lows tree" the cripple tree" ely
burn tree" etc. A tree vas not,
however, always found conveniently
placed to convert it into a gallows,
and thus the introduction of thesim-
pie construction, consisting of two
upright posts and a~.transverse beam,
the principle of which has not been
materially altered fromits first intro
duction
The gallows at times differ in height,
which was increased in accordance
with the Nervousness of the crime of
the culprit, These elevated erec-
tions were made use of at the execu-
tions of the regicides in the seven
tenth century, and thus it was that
long ladders were required in carry
ing out the astextremities ofthe law.
When ladders were used the execu-
toner mounted one, and the culprit
the other. The rope having been ad-
justed to the eros -beam, the execu-
tioner would descend and remove his
ladder, leaving the condemned wretch
on the other, engaged in his last APP
peal. for mercy. These prayers were
ut times exceedingly prolonged, after
finishing which the miserable wretch
was expected to throw himself off the
ladder, and thus tO some extent be.
come his own executioner.
Courage, however, would often fail
at the last moment, and his prayers
would be continued for a'long time.
When it was evident that the culprit
was praying against time, the execu-
toner would stealthily reach thel
der on which he stood and overthrow
it, and the body would, consequently,
then be swinging in the throbs and
agonies of death. At one period it
was customary to carry out the ex-
ecution of a criminal as near as pos
sible to the spot where the crime for
which he suffered was committed.
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N A SONG OF sur

Oh, listen-it ia coming!
Don't you see the children running2
Don't you hear the gentle hummin9
Ofthe bees
In the trees
In the meadows, on the lens?
1t IL comiug-lovely June time
With it's golden, radiant noon time
And it's paradise of bloom time:
Coming soon
Perfect June
Even now we hear it's tune!
Starry d~nisies, crimson roses,
Banks o. moss whereon reposes
Violet, queen of woodland posies.
Thcs" will come
When the sun
lust q few nor rounds has run!
Bluebirds. bobolinks and thrushes
Sweet will break the woods deep bushes
When the east with morning fiushes
On the hills
And the rilIs-
All the air with music thrills.
Buffalo Express.
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tons in England, and the decision of
Judge Wallace apparently agrees with
the English decisions. The decision,
while affecting some smaller companies.
il thoughtthe Thompson. Houston and
Westinghouse companies will continue
their busin ess much as before. The
Westinghouse people claim the decision
will not seriously effect them. The
patent has only two or three years nor
to run and is only sustained in part by
the decision which at best can only
effect the manufacturers of the incan-
descent lamps, which is comparatively
q small part of the business. The
United States Electric Lighting Co..
against whom the decision WIS rendered,
propose to take an appeal at once.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1891-07-18
The odds and ENDS
A Dynamite Explosion on Board
Ship Causes Death and
Fatal Injuries.
American Athletes Carry Off the
Principal Prizes From Their
English Brothers.
Longshoremen Blow to Atoms.

1AOIk6uOrCUAcu 1tlOW u Id NLOWS.
New YORK, July IA gang of long,
shoremen were engaged this morning in
d%ischarging q cargo from the steamship
g. R. Booth, lying at the foot Of Rich
ards street, Brooklyn, when o box of
dynamite cartridges in the aft held ex-
ploded with a terrific report, blowing
two men into pieces and seriously iniur
ing four others. The victims we're:
CORNELIUS HAYES.
WILLIAM REGAIN.
INJURED.
William Williams, first mate, sprained
ankle and confused wound on right
foot.
Ivan Lorerrson, ships machinist,
sprained ankle and incised wound of
jaw.
John Graham, ships carpenter and
Patrick Doweney, longshoremen, are
suffering from the shock and bruises.
The conclusion raised the deck and
blew a big hole in the side of the ship.
Immediately after the ship began to fill
with water and shortly afterward tilted
to one side. OF three men who were OF
work in the hold only one could be
found. He was Patrick Downey. He
was unconscious and was carried out on
the deck. where he q revived. Both
of the other men we're literally blown
to pieces. Fragments of Regan's body
were picked up here and there and put
into a bag and carried out. The skull
was the only portion of his body that
Was intact.
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Postomce Clerk Indicted.

WICHITA, Kas., July IA. Nelson
George, formerly clerk of the registered
letter department of the Ogden, Utah,
postofice, has been arrested again IN an
Indictment found by the grand jury.
About three months ago . registered
package containing $5. 600 was missed
at the Ogden postofice, and it was
found that George had readdressed the
package to Arkansas City, this state,
and called for it there himself. It Is
said he was promised Immunity if he
would give up the money. He did 90.
and has since been staying with his
uncle, neal here. The grand jury re
GENTLY met at Ogden and indicted him
for embezzlement.