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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-10
A Mcrcnc.. RoDber.

IIazlcton. Pa. Dee. G.-JOln .Wittik IL dcs-
perldo and outlaw. made an unsuccessful
attempt at robbery and murder in this city
last night. He called ut the residence OF
Peter rutlcssny OH Diamond avenue. There
was no one at home but Mrs. Putlessny.
The woman was asked for money. but hesi-
tated in answering. Without a moments
warning he knocked her down with an AK.
The man then searched the house. but find
ing nothing returned to where his victim lay.
He then produced a rope which he wound
about her neck in II double coil. with the
The blood uDzcd from her nose and her
tongue protruded. Before stranglins her he
used rcstoratives when she old him where
captured and proved to be II desperate crook
who has been in this country only a year.
Threats Of lymchins were frequently made.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-10
Wanamakcr,n wordn.

Washington, Dec: 6,-1he postmaster gem
eral mentions at the beginning OF his an
nual report to the president the chief de-
velopments Of the year, rs follows: Five
million dollars added to the gross revenue:
The deficit reduced nearly. q million. Money
order offices increased two-thlrds, or from
10.O7O to 18.6S0. Eighty-two cities supplied
with free delivery. Twcnty-seven- hundred
and ninety new Offices established. Two
hundred and sixty-three Offices advanced to
the presidential grade. Sixteen and threes
fourths millions of miles Of additional sery-
ice. Fifteen hundred and ninety new mail
routes established, embracing $500 miles OF
new service. Ocean mails service extended.
u pneumatic tube service introduced. 1t
appears that In the lust four years 5,501 new
mail routes have been. established, ..traversi
ing $3.50 miles, that the number Of post
offices has grown by over 5000, the number
Of money order offices over $500, and the
number Of free delivery Offices has almost
doubled. ~.
Alaj. Gen. BENJAMIN w. Brlce, U. $. A.
(retiredD. died Of congestion Of the lungs
Sunday evening at his residence in Washing
ton, aged Seycuty.SiX yONrS. ski
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-10
Shot Herself.

Tacoma, Special, Dec. Gan unknown
woman walked into room 81 of the Con
dolfo hotel to-day, disrobed. sat down on the
floor and shot herself Though the heart.
The room is occupied by Harry w. Clarke,
dl hummer for 4; Tacoma iobbing house.
who claims not to know the woman. She
came to the hotel last week and engaged
room -. registering as Mrs. Dalton. Sat
urday she obtained permission TO leave her
trunk in Clafke'S room. until her return
f1om Seattle. This morning the woman
came back. borrowed a pass key to IT,, the
tcncc Of securing her trunk and committed
suicide. with Clarkc's revolver. Deceased
stature. weight i2O pounds and had black
hair. From letters found among her ct,
Cormick of Minneapolis. a letter from a
that the suicide was c~ncicnte and seeking
relief. She had evidently Travelled through
California and Oregon, according to Il
memorandum book. An examination Of the
trunk failed to throw any further light on
her identity. 1t contained a number Of tine
silk dresses. Only 81 in money was found.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-10
Labor.
Another street car strike is threatened il

Another street car strike is threatened in
Now Orleans.
The Unitei Railway Employers associa-
ton is organized III Chicago.
Machinists at the Watervliet Arsenal,
Troy, N. Y. are on y strike. Two men
were called upon to attend two lat hes,
which they refused totdo. =
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-10
Jim Hall, the pugilist, has saiied from
London for New York ON the steamship,
Majestic.
Hanged Himeif,

Anaconda, Mont, Special. Dec. 5.-Davil
known in mining, scircley throughout, that
state aud. Nevada, committed suicide here
to-dny by hanging He has a dapgh1er living
II; Sacramento. -.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-10
A Thief MAKE. !, Good Haul.

a TIltf1 NtIkeH u N1VUH 1tstu1s
Hallock. Minn., Dec. G.-Ncls ,Olnndel. Il
hardware dealer of this place, left his
pocketbook, containing g., 800, on q table in
bis store and went out. When lie returned
the money was gone. y There is no trace of
the thief. H
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-10
Con. ,.Ro.ecran. Mor.e,

r. Washington, Dec. 8.-Gen. sRosecrapz,
registrar Of the treasury, who has been III
for some time. is reported to be much
worse; but fatal results are not expected
tonight.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-10
Kossuth Not Dxinu.

Vienna, Dec. 6.-Ire report that Louis
Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot. was dying
is untrue. lsf-a
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-19
Fan FoIainr and Fan Painting

Nobody IN America has quite mastered
the art of folding fans. That difficult art
has been developed best in the fine French
fans that are for sale at prices ranging
from $50 to $500 apiece. In folded fan
the edges Of all the sticks should be paral-
lei and even, the shoulders should be Of
equal height, and the silken body should
be snugly and evenly disposed within the
inclosing sides. A French fanmaker,
unique among his fellows, having mastered
the whole art of fanmaking, came to this
country not many years ago and was en-
ployed by famous firm to make fans. He
took charge Of factory and as told to go
ahead. He was supplied with S1illed work
men and not uncomfortably limited as to
expenditure.
For a few years the factory turned out
excellent fans Even the folding was well
done Then the head workman died and
it was feared that with him had almost
persisted the art of fan folding in this
country, but he left his secret behind him.
It was very simple secret, the tools being
primitive enough and the process apparent
" not difficult, but as the whole art lies
In the delicate manipulation that comes Of
long practice, his place has never really
been filled by those to whom he impaired
his secret.
Fan painting of the finer kind is almost
as little practiced in this country as fan
folding. The same firm that employed the
French workman sought high and low in
New York for fan painter until young
woman with undoubted artistic genius
was found. She had just sold a painting for
a large scm, and she was asked to paint
three fans No limitations in regard to
subject, time or price were fixed. In the
course of time the work was done, but it
never saw the light, Her genius was not
for fan painting. New York Sun.
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-19

DIR. Leviseur, who has made a special
study of the removal of superfuous hairs
by electricity is of opinion that the best
results are obtained by allowing the pa
tient herself to close and interrupt the cur
rent by pressure on the electrode attached
to the positive pole. If the needle be in
troduced into the hair follicle and the cur
rent closed, twenty seconds will suffice to
destroy the hair, which will be found to be
perfectly loose and which should be re-
moved at once by forceps.
The operation is not by any means a com
Portable one, but there are few patients
who object to a second treatment when it
is necessary. A 20 per cent. salve Of cocaine
in lanolin thoroughly rubbed into the skin.
enables even very sensitive patients to I'M
dergo the operation with comparatively
little pain, As a rule, so to 100 hairs are
removed at one sitting, and the sittings
are renewed at intervals of a week or ten
days. The proportion of hairs that start a
new growth is greatly dependent on the
skill of the operator, but they should not
be more than or 10 per cent.
Immediately after the operation the pa
TENTS face is washed with hot water and
alcohol, and an antiseptie ointment is ap
piled. 1t is found advisable to extract only
the coarser and more deeply seated hairs
and to leave the lanugo hairs alOne.-Pitts
burg Dispatch.
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-19

The Vanderbilt family owns valuable
whip. It was presented to the late ". H.
Vanderbilt. The design was made by fFlts .
Kaldenburx, the sculptor, at cost OF
5000 The whip and ivory stock, beLole
any carving was DONE cost SOU. 10 IS
seven feet long. Above the stock the Nhip
is made Of solid whalebone, then worth
three dollars per pound, now scarce AZ ten
dollars Over this solid whalebone is the
finest braiding Of split tapered whalebone
ever attempted.
The braiding of the whip and the max
ing Of the snapper occupied one whole
month. The case for the whip cost 500
The handle of the whip is OF the purest
ivory, q inches long and - inches thick
at the butt end, which is an ornamental
capital, from which a floral pattern emit
mates, emblematie Of power, truth and per
petuity. which encrcles four panels. IN
each panel Is wonderful piece OF carving,
on one side "a locomotive and train Of
cars, on the other steamboat, symbolic
ing the foundation of Cornelius Wander
bilt's great achievements.
On the third and fourth panels areFthe
achievements of W il Vanderbilt's genius
the Grand Central railroad depot on
one, and on the other himself in n buggy
driving his celebrated fast horses on the
road. On the end of the handle two por-
trait busts in high relief of Cornelius and
W. II. Vanderbilt-father and son. The
whip is sacredly kept in a glass case
among the art treasures of the Vanderbilt
gallery, and in future generations will be
treasured as a work of art, even though IL
is only a whip.-Jewelers' Review.
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-19

It is not at all unlikely that the jealousy
or the downright aversion shown by the
French medical students to female compe-
tition arises from that curious social con
servatism which prevails among a nation
who rarely miss the opportunity to pro
claim themselves them most democratic Pen-
pie in Europe There have always been
great many crafts and employments open
to Frenchwomen from which English
women were, until very recent period,
almost entirely debarred From time inn
memorial in Paris and other large French
towns the shopkeeper's wife has Otiiciated
as his bookkeeper and cashier, and very
often late at night, while monsieur is play
ing dOminoes or billiards, or enjoying his
cigar and his book at his favOrite cafe,
madame is painfully balancing her books
behind the counter of the deserted but
still brilliantly lit shop
Women, again, in France have an almost
entire monopoly in selling newspapers at
the Mosques or in keeping "bureauX de
tabac" They may also practice art, with
out let or hindrance, and they may attain,
if they have the talent and the capacity,
bright eminence as painters, sculptors en-
gravers or draftswOmen in black and
white; but the Academy of Fine Arts per-
sistently sets its face against the admis-
sion Of lady members, although, as Nine.
Leon BertauX. the president of the Union
of Feminine Artists, has pointed out, there
We're in the last century two lady acade-
micians-M Nine. Terbursch and the renOwn-
ed portrait painter Mime. Nigee-Lebrun.-
London Telegraph.
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-19

"a great many years ago, said an attOr-
ney, our road hadan unnecessary damage
suit brought by an exceedingly faithful
and competent engineer, whose arm had
been torn off by the driving wheels. II
was almost u clear case against us from
the start, there having been a wreck.
wherein the engine was dumped into the
river,'the engineer thrown from his cal
and drifted into the revolving wheels Of
his engine / always thought the matter
might have been compromised bub for the
brusqumie of the management. We had
a great battle in the courts and were com
PEELED to pay at last the largest amount OF
damages ever recovered for similar
claims $50 O0O Well, sir, after that man
had received his money he came to me and
said:
"'See here, I don't know what to dowith
this money just you build or buy me q
good home and give me lifetime job in
the roundhouse and III return the amount
of my damages. am plain man, with
steady, SIMPLE habits and ! would rather
work for a living than be tempted into eX
trayagance and perhaps dissipation by this
money which ! never earned.
''And of course you snapped him up?'.
said brother attorney.
"Of course l did nothing Of the kind. TC
have a man in our employ who could not
be discharged by the company would be
disastrous to discipline and dangerous
precedent. Do you see;"
And they all saw. But an unbelievei
who sat near by said to himself, ''Ratsp'-
ST. Louis Republic.
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-19
Obs 40 ENps.

A Widows tears and a dogs limp arc far
from real.
The lovers lucky stars are always
shooting ones.
If yoar faith Fl below par, read Paul's
letter in the Eille.
n one cf the solid things in this world is
Ahe summer hotel window.
Nhe nuniber of dwellings in the United
STAKES ia 1891 was $685., Si2,
TN noman who loves you is at once
your objective and your accomplish.
One pound of cork is efficient to sup
port a man Of ordinary si;a in water.
Mea lnoino county, Cal, is rejoicing
over uc discovery Of petritied forest
Grease scots in cloth may be taken out
by applying a solution Of salt in alcohol
You find the wasberwoman can get
more ont Of your flannel shirt than you
can
The pretty girl often has the timid
mother who won't allow heT to go out in
the boat.
Persia has a race of pygmy camels who
are but twenty-five incnes nigh and weigh
but fifty pounds.
A vocabulary of the Eskimo language
has been compiled by NJ. Ryberg, a Danish
official in Greenland.
Asia signifies ''in the middle, " from the
fact that ancient geographers place it be-
tween Europe and Africa.
In India the native barbea viii shave
you when asleep without awakening you,
the touch is so very light.
The Austrian government has taken
hold Of the matter of improving all races
OF horses in Austria-Hungary.
The orange was originally pear shaped
and about the size OF the wild cherry. Its
evolution has required 200 years.
Ant eggs is one Of the most costly dishes
that the epicure of Siam can enjoy. Only
the nabObs can afford such a luxury.
Artificial asphalt made by heating rosin
with sulphur 70 $50 dogs. centrigrade, is
now being used to replace Syrian asphalt
in photography.
At Seraing, China. the contract for iron
work for large Chinese iron works has
been taken out of the hands Of English
firms and given to Belgians.
Newhall Herrick, of Phoenix, A. T., ia
tally wounded himself the otherday while
trying to shoot cat. Herrick fell over a
small wagon and his pistol was discharged,
the load entering his abdomen
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-19

There's a black rage in Paris; it's the
style to Look as if you We're in light
mourning there, whether it's so or not.
All the toilets one sees are black of
some description or black and white
that is, all but the hats A woman may
go out deeply and solemnly robed i'll a
garment that one would surely suppose
to be worn as a token of grief until ones
eyes reached the headgear, when its
light and brilliant coloring would imme-
diately dispel the effect They're not Il
bit consistent in gay Paris, else one
might think they had at last reached a
period Of sobliety and conf1hon sense;
that they had concluded to be more like
their English sisters and settle down in
quieter and more subdued colors. But
when a woman wears a black gown and
a hat containing several colors of the
rainbow i'll bright display there is little
foundation for the belief, after ALL
Paris Letter.
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-19

One can always trust the gray, full orb
that looks clearly out from under lashes
long and straight, The gray eye with
curling lashes is a certain sign of a friyo-
lous nature, while small, oval, brown
optic with fiecks of contrasting color near
the pupil, indicates highly nervous tenn
permanent with literary tendencies. This
eye is always overshadowed by sadness
when in repose, and is such one AS many
poets and painters have possessed.
Large, liquid black eyes denote sympa-
thetic nature easily moved, but with no
great depth Of feeling. Eyes of whatever
hue, if set close together, tell to the world
that their owner is not to be trusted. Be
ware the shifting glance-it threatens
danger. A full, dark blue eye is the very
type of honest intention and resOlute pur-
pose, yet light, watery one betrays a
weak. vacillating nature, easily influenced
for good or evil, but more often tending
toward the latter rather than the former
course. The eye Of keen perception and
rare ability is the deep brown, with no
mellowness, but look on its surface as of
high polish.
This eye reads you through and through
and is the index of nature calculating,
cold and hard in business dealing, yet
stanch and true in its friendships
adelphia Times.
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-19
ODDS AND ENDS.

Fish are always sold alive in Japan.
The piano was invented by Christofali
in 1511
The word "and" occurs 46,277 times in
the Bible
The floating population of the Thames
numbers 100000 souls.
Sin will behave itself a year to get to
have its own way an hour.
Milton was the son of a money scrivener
Pope was the son of a merchant.
Fijians and Samoans of old sacrificed
living people to their shark deities.
A gossiping woman talks about every
body and everybody talks about her.
The orange crop of California last season
for export amounted to 5000 carloads.
This is the time when the fellow who got
Tilted at Easter marries same other girl.
During last year 800 girls were grad
uated from the Boston cooking schools.
There are twenty-four women's clubs in
Massachusetts, but only one has house.
The milk tree grows in South Africa.
The sap from it is a good substitute for
milk.
There is a man resident in Yorkshire re-
ported to be wearing shoes sixteen inches
in length.
Although the turfman likes to beat
good thing, he draws the line at the fam
lily carpet.
The total number of matches made year
ly throughout the world represents value
of SlS5, 100000.
The first directory of Brooklyn appeared
in 1896 as part of the New York city di-
rectory of that year.
The importation Of patent medicine into
Turkey has been forbidden by the govern
ment Of that country.
To whiten the nails cut lemon in two
and rub in well at night Wash off in
warm water the next morning..
Among the Hebrews the tapestry was
used in the building Of the tabernacle and
in the decoration of the temple.
Eighteen. hundred and ninety-one saw
the first increase in the export of Chinese
tea that has occurred in ten years.
There are said to be more beehives in
the United States, where there are $780,
600, than in any other country in the world
The French and Italian silver coins of two
francs and below are o30 fine, but their
twenty franc and ten franc pieces are 900
fine.
1t is believed by Cinnamon that cats
meat is a remedy for lung diseases. It is
served in most of the Canton restaurants
cooked in various ways.
A blood beet measuring fifteen inches in
length, fourteen inches in circumference
and weighing four pounds is a curiosity
of St. Tammany, La.
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-19


The scg Of windwad Hawaii is
chafniins snd picturesque in the extreme.
Ihfee nu Volcanic mountains-Mauna
Loa' MAJ na Kea and Hualalai-rear their
snowcap Ned Gomos against Che sky to the
heisng ~ l4,000 feet, forming a triangle
toWaru the center Of the island, their
slope3feSQthed with dense forests Of richest
TROPICAL Growth, and grassy plains which
trend gradually away to tie blue Pacific.
They are scanned with numberless ravines
or gulchesp not 10 cali them canyons, I"
and down Zach a river flows to the sea,
varying u width from 100 to 1000 feet.
Many 9<e nearly a mile wide The waters
Of some, small and quiet, glide peacefully
between meadowy banks to their final des-
tination
ifOthers, fierce, impetuous mountain tor
rents, hemmed ia by high. PERCEPTIONS
rocks, dash headlong over bowlder and
preeipice till they lose themselves in the
dimnling ocean. Nearly all are liable to
sudden and tremendous freshets. Cas-
cades and waterfalls leap from the hills in
all directions, and everywhere trees and
rocks are covered with exquisite ferns and
trailing parasites of all shades and kinds.
The "gulches" widen ont at their extrem.
tiles and the sea sweeps into them with
drowsy. booming music. Many a journey
taken is but continuous series of descents
and ascents across these "gulches"
Thus on the ROAD between Hilo and Lau
pahaehae no fewer than sixty-hye streams
must be crossed in distance Of thirty
miles. Having ridden for few hundred
yards along a lofty upland, the brink OF q
stupendous precipice is Suddenly reached,
a murmur OF water ascends from the
depths below, and in front is the equally
perpendicular precipice ON the other side
of the tiny valley. a bird would skim
across in u few seconds; poor wingless man
has tn trust ito the unshod, surefooted
beast under him to scramble up and down
tie narrow, scarcely winding tracks cut
out on the faces of the mountains.-Asiatic
Quarterly
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-19


Lady Londonderry drives through in
beautifully turned out carriage
dressed in electric blue, and wearing a
small piece of blue flower in her black
bonnet. Viscountess Curzon, in lovely
gown of shaded foulard with merveil-
leux velvet sleeves, a deep collar of
cream guipure, and a wide brimmed
leghorn hat, drives with great skill a
pair of dark browns. She is usually &C
companied by her little daughter, and
her conveyance is the neatest of park
phaetons. Lady Mildred Denison drives
her father, Lord Londesborough, in his
own mail phaeton. She wears a light
coat and dainty little hat with pink
roses. Mrs. Sam Lewis has a pair of
dark browns in her park phaeton, which
attract much attention.
Lady whips are more plentiful than
ever in the Lady's mile. A pair of
horses is the smartest, though many
neatly turned out things, drawn by
single animal, look very we'll No one
drives better than Lady Curzon. Count
ess Grosvenor comes near her in skill
and Lady Brooke is perhaps equal, but
she cannot be exceHed. Among morn
ing pedestrians are often seen the Count
ess of Romney attired in her favorite
dark red and the Marchioness of Down
shire in black and white.-London Star.
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-19

There are 963 miles of tramways
opened for passengers in Great Britain.
The working stock consists of 4, O67 cars,
and animal traction is still the favorite
method. In 1891 5000 horses were en-
ployed and $40 steam locomotives; $685.
600, 900 passengers were carried, and the
receipts were sic, 451, 900. The value Of
the tramways is about 70,O0O,OOO. The
value of the roads in the state of New
York is S73, 600, 900. New York Sun.
It is believed that nickel carbonyl is
about to play an important part in metal
lurgy.
The New York morgue received 1854
bodies last year OF these lO7 were never
identified
The semiannual interest and dividends
payable in Boston in July aggregate
s15.a42,111.
The expense OF feeding the animals at
the Geological garden in London averages
$500 a week
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hablt-In al
the World there Is but one cure
DR.. Haines' Golden Specific.
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-19

They were going to the seashore and in.
tended to leave the house in care of the
servants, and of course worried about all
sorts of things, while he was aggravating.
" unsympathetic "What shall l do with
the small, common silver, Georgeg" she
demanded plaintiyely Have the girls
vaccinated," he replied calmly. "WhyT
"Then maybe they won't take it."-Ex-
change.
Milford chronicle., 1892-08-19

A scientist states that in the course OF
about 6,OO0,OO0 years from now the force at
work on earth will have completely lev
eled its surface, so that there will no longer
be hills or valleys, continents or distinctive
oceans. All the land will have been washed
down into the sea, which will then cover
all with watery mantle and render i'm
possible any life except that which can
exist without dry land.-Chicago Herald