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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
THOUGHTS AND THINGS.

Country house furniture now includes
q bamboo arrangement for elevating
the feet und legs Of the tired lord of
tn. nlanor
The consumption of coffee in France
has increased within thirty years from
one-half pound to three and onc-half
pounds per head annually.
A block of carbon fourteen inches
square represents the amount of that
material that goes to make up the con-
stitution of a man of average weight.
A change of street lines in Bayonne,
n. j., has resulted in the award of q
strip of ground scven inches long by
two inches wide at its widest part to a
widow in hat town.
A member Of the City Council of
Paris has introduced a proposition to
have lessons of history aud biography
impressed upon the public mind by
having them printed on the ena,neled
signs at the corners which nov merely
give the names of the streets.
AS an example of the extent to
which tipping prevails On the continent
it is interesting to learn that porters
in Swiss hotels are not only paid no
wages but themselves pay a rental to
the innkeepers. They make their liv-
ing, and a good one, exclusively from
the tips given them by guests.
The newest great city of Europe is
Budapest, the capital and metropolis
of Hungary. In Kossuth's day, less
than half q century ago, the combined
population of Buda and Pesth, lying
on opposite sides of the Danube, was
about one hundred thousand. The
consolidated municipality now has a
population of fully half a million.
Insects have recently destroyed
whole forests in Powhatan county,
Va, and among other trees the fam
II Pope's pine, a noted landmark in
the old Dominion. 1t stood for years
on an emincnce from which it was
visible for twenty miles or more
around, and lowered high above all
surrounding trees. In old times Col.
Pope, a local patriot, put a liberty cap
stamped like that on our copper ent
pieces on the tree, and every year
when Fourth of July came around he
celebrated the anniversary by holding
q barbecue ut the foot of the pine.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
SHIPPED

While SOFA choice fruit and other
pr,aucts are canned in France. the
bulk Of the worlds supply comes from
this country.
The beak of the musQuito is 4 tool.
box, where lie Keeps five Sur" cal in
struments-a lance, a spear, u needle,
saw and a pump.
The speed Of the fastest railway is
not much more than half that of the
golden eagles flight. The bird often
makes l4r miles an hour.
At Washington. c. H.. a single elc-
plant pushed out Of the mire u wagon
which the combined strength of four
teen horses had failed to move.
The smallest bear ever seen is a
stuffed ornament in the parlor of Mark
Remission, at Phillips, Me. 1t Is 3
inches high and 6 inche; in length.
Electrical headlights on steam loco
motives are now used extensively.
The Philadelphia and Reading engines
are being fitted up with these and it is
reported hat many Western roads
have recently placed lage orders.
An exhibition called the Magic
Maze Of Mirrors has sprung up in
London. AS TIL. visitor enters the
door he sees q crowd Reckoning him
from a hundred different angles-an
effe t produced by n stuffed image.
Mr.. Pcct, u rather dif1idcnt Cali
fornia man, was unable to prevent
himself being introduced one evening
to a fascinating young lady who, mis-
understanding his name, constantly
addressed him as Mr.. Peters, much to
the g~entleman's distress. Finally sum-
moning courage, he hashfully but
earnestly demonstrated: On. don't
call me Peters-cull me Poet" "Ah,
but ] don't know you we'll enough, Mr..
Peters" said the young lady, blush
ing, as she playfully withdrew part
way behind her fan.
This is how a New York widow got
ahead of the Inman seam ,hip COM
pany. She owned Il narrow strip of
land which the company wished, and,
Of course, she asked an outrageous
price for it. A compr )misc was finally
reached. She offered to deed the land
if the company wonld in return agree
to give her and her two daughters, as
long as she lived, free passage upon
the steamers of the line. AS she was
an elderly lady the company agreed to
it. This was in 1889. Ever since then
the lady and her daughters have lived
aboard the cOmnanv'S steamers. and
as they run vessels to nearly all the
principa! ports of the world she trav-
els wherever she wishes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
CURIOUS

More people were executed in Eng
land during the reign Of Henry VIII.
than e before or since in the tight
little island, the number reaching
n, 400.
There is a queer club in the old
German city of Mainz on the left bank
of the Rhine. 1t is q club of men
organized to reform the dress of
women; it is an anti-long skirts club.
Its members stand out against the
Mainz feminine fashion of wearing
trailing trains in the streets. and take
a pleHye to boycott the wearers Of
such trains and to refrain from appear
ing publicly in their company.
There are several instances on record
of the complete destruction of whole
regiments in one battle. In Septem-
Der, lnl2. Napoleon's Fifty-third regi-
ment persisted to a man in storming
over the Roman positions. On January
6, 1912, only sixty-tive out of IA. 500
British soldiers emerged alive at a bat
tie fought near Jagdulluck. In No.
vember, 1883, the whole army Of Hicks
Pasha. 1900 strong, was cut to pieces
near the Fifth cataract of the river
Nile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas j. Perkins of
Tallahassee, Fla, have had jointly
some remarkable. experiences. Each
of them has enjoyed five jubilees, as
follows: First when each of them
reached the age of fifty years; second,
when each of them had resided in Tai
lahassee fifty years; third, when they
had. as man an wife, lived hap
PLY together for fifty years; fourth,
when they had lived in one house for
fifty years, and fifth, when they had
been members Of the Tallahassee
Methodist Episcopal Church South
fnr City years.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
FAMILIAR ES.

Mrs. Potter Palmer says that what
surprised her most in France was the
discovery that no charitable or educa-
tional institution is carried on entire
ly by women.
The London News is disposed to
credit the assertion that Mime. Patti
will receive $2O2, 500 for her next years
American tour, or 81, 500 APIECE for
forty-tive concerts.
The German emperor has a pet aver
sion for short overcoats and shoes with
pointed toes His clothes are all made
to fit him snugly, particularly his
trousers, which inclose his leg as close
ly as a ballet dan er's tights.
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich, who has
been re elected to the United States
senate from Rhode Island for another
term, is fifty-one years old and has
been a member of that body for ten
years. Alphabetically, his name heads
the list of United States senators.
Alexandra Dumas is nearly seventy
years of age, and has almost entirely
given up authorship. All'that he does
IN a literary way nowadays is to pro-
duce u comedy at long intervals, spend
ing years of patient elaboration on the
work. NJ. Dumas Is supposed to be
the richest author in France.
The oldest member in the house Of
commons is Charles Villiers. He is
ninety years old and has been in par
lament f%ifty-scven years. though in
this matter he is beaten by Nj. Glad
stone, who came in in 1882. Mr.. Viii
liers started the agitation in favor of
the repeal of the corn laws long before
Golden and Bright were ever heard OF.
When it was decided to accept Carl
Gerhardt's model of Nathan Hale. the
revolutionary spy, for a static to be
erected in the capitol at Hartford,
there was a strong feeling of dissatis-
faction among certain residents of that
city, who regarded the design of f. s.
Woods, a Hartford man, rather more
expressive. Gerhardt's statue was
completed and dedicated two years or
more ago.. But it is now proposed to
have Woods figure executed in bronze
and set up in front of the public Ii
brary at the Connecticut capital.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
PUNCHED AND BRANDED.

Fewer suicides occur in Ireland than
in any other country in Europe.
A guest at a wedding in Winchester,
Mass, stole some of the wedding
presents.
A Chicago burglar stole some ewelry
but subsequently, returned it, saying
that it was worthless.
The most skillful quot pitcher in
Dauphin county. Pa, is John w.
Kautz, who has been blind for thirty.
two years.
The demand for the revised version
of the New Testament in 1881 exceeded
that for any other book that has been
published before or since.
Miles Darden, who was living in the
state Of Tennessee in 1857, was the
largest man known to history. Clad
in thin summer clothes he weighed
l,O3' pounds.
South Africa has been scourged by a
locust pest. and considerable damage
is still being wrought. A swarm Of
locusts crossed over one place in a col
uIlu OFCE BLK IultcS Wiuc, ClCuCiIl,9
pretty much everything before them.
The mealie crop in the Orange free
state has been destroyed by the To-
Gusts, causing a loss of owe 81, 900. 900.
Many o n of beeswax r imported
to New York from tropical and sub
tropical parts of this continent and
from Spain. Much Of this comes from
Cuba, where a tropical vegetation sup
por.s and employs an enormous num-
Der of bees. Mu h of the Cuban wax
comes in great masses shaped like the
frustrum of a pyramid, and weighing
from sixty-tive to seventy pounds each.
The smallest pony in the world re-
Gently arrived in the world on the fam
IL Shetland pony farm of the mar
quis Of Londonderry, on the isla nd Q
Brcssay. 1t is Il little colt foal that
weighed but 16 pounds and was only
1919 inches high at Its birth. 1t is a
perfectly healthy. wcll-formed ami
NAL. The great object of the breeders
of Shetland ponies is to keep down the
size of the animals.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1892-12-24
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The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-01-16
Lying in state.

LONDON, Jan. 16.-The body of Cardi-
nal Manning is lying in state at the
Arc palace I. was a1 PLACED
in state for three days. The catafalque
is erected in the large apartment in
which the cardinal was accustomed to
hold his receptions and to meet mem
bers of the Roman Catholic episcopacy.
All day great crowds have been passing
before the body as a last tribute of re-
spect. The officials at the palace expect
that the funeral will be held ON Tues
day, unless it is found that the cardinal
has stipulated otherwise in his will The
cardinal will be inferred in Kensal
Green cemetery, in the west of London
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A Newspaper Burned Ont.

PTTTsBURG, Jan. Pittsburg was
visited with disastrous fire last night.
This time the building of The Leader
Publishing company, ON Fifth avenue,
near Cherry alley, was the victim of the
flames The Leader establishment was
completely Quilted, entailing a loss of
over $40, coo 81, 900 on the building
and $25, 600 on the machinery and con-
tents. The building was occupied by j.
j. Aland as tailor shop, and o. d.
Lewis, patent lawyer, j. A. Emery, was
also somewhat damaged by water. Mrs.
Smith and her infant child were res
cued with difficulty from the Maeder
building, adjoining. It looked for q
time as if this building would go, but
by good work ON the part, of the depart
ment it was saved The Leader is to-
day using the duplicate plant of The
Dispatch.
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READY FOR ACTION.
Ths President viii Submit His Chilean
Message on Tuesday.

WAsHrNoToN, Jan. 10. The president
yesterday concluded his examination Of
the diplomatic correspondence in the
Chilean controversy and sent the doc
uments back to the state department.
At the cabinet meeting, which was COM
paratiyely brief, lasting but an hour and
Q half, he announced this fact ana IN.
Dictated that the next step In tbs case
would not be long delayed. The ex-
pectation II that II can be submitted to
the cabinet at its meeting on Tuesday
next.
Il Il therefore Thought that the enrIiest;
time that It can DO sent TO congTess. will
b Tuesday afternoon, OF more probably
Wednesday morning, as it is usu... I,
such communications to be made to con-
gress as soon ~. possible after the OPEN
ing OF the days session.
BAN DIEGO, CAL, Jan. 16.--Sailing or
ders We're received by Captain Remy, Of
the cruiser Charleston, yesterday. The
cruiser will leave here Monday evening
or Tuesday morning. The destination "a
not stated, but IL Is believed the cruiser
will first go to Mare island to be cleaned
OF the marine growth ON her bottom
and then go K. south Pacific waters. It
Is unofticia1ly said that the Baltimore
viii report here at once to Rear Admiral
Brown.
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Merlcan Rebela Arrested.

DKsnNG, N. NJ, Jan. 18.--A courier
from Ascension, Mexico, reports the
suppression of the revolt there and the
resumption Of the sway Of civil law.
The stone mill occupied by the rebels
was surrounded by the troops under
Colonel San Quinez, and after feeble
resistance the beleagured force surren-
dered and were placed under arrest. The
total number of captives is 107, but the
leader Remeji SAILS, escaped to the
mountains. Sails deserted his band az
the critical moment, leaving them to
their fate. The captives will Be tried at
once and the principal ones will I'M
doubtedly be shot.
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RALTnxoRHs BROKEN BANK.
The Failure Causes the Suspension Of
Two Other Firms.


BALTIMORE, Jan. l6.--The city was
agog over the rumor circulated last
evening that J. II. Nicholson, the mead
OF the banking house which failed Thurs
day, had committed suicide. AT Mr..
Nicholson's residence the rumor was
emphatically denied. 1t was admitted,
however, that Mr.. Nicholson's mind was
much affected, and that he was being
carefully watched. He can give no ac>
count whatever OF the firms standing.
A gentleman who knows Mr.. Nicholson
well said: 1T is my impression that he
Will not recover from the shock. / am
afraid it will either result in his death
or cause him to become permanently in
capaciated mentally
1t Is stated by the trustees that not
even an approximate guess at the liabil-
tiles can be made until next Monday.
Then some statement will be probably
made. 1t is thought that western and
southern banks will be the largest claim
ants. 1t is learned from other sources
thar the liabilities will probably be
about 5000, 900, with assets of $500, 900.
As result of the Nicholson failure
two other firms failed yesterday, and ii
is rumored that at least one other large
house will be compelled to suspend. The
large shoeafrm of Alnutt, Nixon &
Goldsborough assigned to Henry G,
Kennard. The firm was connected with
Nicholson's bank. The assets are indi.
Gated TO be $4,000, and the liabilities
are reported at $3.50, 900. The Baltimore
Publishing company, in which the Mich.
olsons were interested to the amount OF
$75, 600 and acted as bankers for the
company, petitioned the court for the
appointment OF receiver. The assets
and liabilities were not obtainable.
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{ were the cloaing bids.
General Markets.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. Ia State and western
-four, super, $3.4013.65 do. do, extras, S3.75fu
100; No. 2winter family, S4.l04.ss; state roller,
straight, $1.400465; western winter, clear.
34.40d4.65; do. do, straight. $l.65Q14S0. winter
patent, new, SI.sOlD5.lO. Minnesota clear. s4.,.
0465; do. straight, S475GbI.9O; do. patent, $50
6.25. Rye -four. S4.sJGb4.90 per barrel.
Wheat-Dull, weak, with sc. bid and 9S1kc.
asked for January; e9c.,bid and 99Jkc asked for
February; Si.o01f bid and Sl0l asked for March;
$l.02 bid and Sl.tl211 asked for April.
Corn-Inactive. weak, with leKc. bid and S {.
asked for January; 49Ikc. bid and lg9zc. asked
for February; $40. bid and 493<c. asked for
March: 4g1<c bid and 49szc. asked for April
Oats Quiet. steady, with SOC. bid and 895<c.
asked for January; 3S11c. bid and 3sc. asked for
February; 3s1fc. bid and SOC. asked for March:
3Sjfc. bid and a9c. asked for April.
Beef Quiet: extra mess. S90$lO; family, Sll
OH
Lard-Quiet, steady; steam rendered, $50.
Eggs-Firmer: New York and Pennsylvania,
2oc.; western. 2l1S02f9zc.; southern. 2ljfG24S1c.
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FINANCE AND TRADE.
Baltimore Shows Gain Of 500, ooo, 600
In Export Trade.

NEW YoRK, Jan. ie.-R. g. Dun a
Co.'s Weekly Review Of Trade says: The
exports in December were probably the
largest ever known and overshadow all
other features in the commercial situa-
ton. They ensure large sums Of money,
II ever needed, but at present the mar
kets are everywhere well supplied ex-
cept At southern points, and better sup
piled there than week ago. Treasury
disbursements have been large. and
there Is no reason toexpect lack in the
supply of money.
Another fact Of large importance Il
that the iron output was not diminished
In December, as Is usual, owing to the
stoppage Of furnaces during the holi-
days. The market Is fairly active,
though the enormous output gives
buyers an advantage, and Alabama and
Virginia iron are offered at low prices.
At Baltimore exports Of breadstuffs
for the last six months Of 1891 were in
value $i55, eS9, 1893. gain of more than
$l00, goo, 900 over the previous year. At
Minneapolis the Hour output Is 17S, 900
barrels for the week, against ITO, 900 a
year ago, and at Duluth sales in 1891
amounted to SEQ, 100000.
nICotton fell to 1877 cents during the
week, the lowest price for forty-three
years, but has since recovered to 7.56
cents, though receipts and stocks are re-
markably large. The depression nc the
south is not relieved by the talk at the
cotton convention, and probably cannot
be in any way except by free sales OF
cotton, which is now held for higher
prices.
The business failures occurring
throughout the country during the last
seven days number for the United States
287, and for Canada 40, or total of $3.50
rs compared with totals of 485 last week,
and 500 the week previous to the last
For the corresponding week of last year
the figures were All, representing $50
| failures In the United States and 81 il
| Canada.
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Lord stanleY,s Posslble success6r

OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. 16.-There is some
speculation about the probable successor
of Lord Stanley in the governor gen
eralship of Canada, and Lord Wolseleyss
name has been mentioned in that con-
nection. Lord SANKEY'S term of Office
expires next year. II is well known
that Dublin does not suit the health of
Lady Wolseley. and it is just possible
LORD Wolseley will accept the governor
generalship if it were pressed upon him,
even in preference to the chief com
mand in India, to which he is entitled
sooner or later.
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VOTING ron ECONOMY.
The Holman Anti-subaidy Resolutions
Pass the House.

Pass the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. l0.--The bone Of
contention in the house yesterday was
the Holman anti-subsidY resolutions.
Mr.. Holman, stated that after consulta-
ton with gentlemen whose opinions are
entitled to weight, and after further ex-
animation Of the resolutions he had
reached the conclusion TINT they were
broad enough 70 provide for all proper
legislation, including private pension
bills.
While making this statement he was
interrupted by Mr.. Reed, who asked IL
the Columbian exposition was proper
subject, and by Mr.. Dingley, Of Maine,l
who asked him to specify some objects
he considered proper for legislative ac-
ton.
There was considerable acrimony
thrown into the debate. which lasted for
over two hours, there being many inter.
ruptions meanwhile. Finally, by vote
of 227 to Al. the house adopted the res0-
luton stating that the granting OF sud-
sides or bounties by congress, In the
shape OF money, public lands or other
wise, Is unjust and impolite. indepen-
dent of the question as to the constitu-
tional right of congress 10 make such
grants, rs It manifestly furnishes undue
facilities for the enlargement Of great
private estates. The second resolution
was also adopted--yeas. 1874; nays, o..
This provides that in view of the present
condition Of the treasury no money
ought to be appropriated by congress ex-
cept such as Is manifestly needed to
carry on the several departments.
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Anarchists Unterrified.

MADRID, Jan. 16.-Another band of
anarchists, undeterred by the fate that
had befallen SO many of their number in
the attack on Xeres, made an attack
upon Bornos, a town of AndaIusia, about
twelve miles northeast Of Heres. They
were armed only with stones, but it was
impossible to dispense them. Aswas tie
case ut Xeres, the cavalry was sum
moned, and the troopers soon succeeded
in putting the band to fight. Several
of the anarchists fell into the hands Of
the cavalrymen. They, it is believed,
will be tried by court martial.
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injured IL ] MING Eaploslon.

MAHANoY CITY, Pa, Jan. 18.-The
miners working in the Greendower
mine, near this place, were startled by
q terrific explosion, and hastened in the
direction from whence the sound came.
They had not proceeded far when they
came across the bodies of John Webb
and William Harley, two miners. Both
were badly burned, and being the only
men Mt work near that vein the cause of
the explosion could not be learned any
more than that the gas had been ignited.
The injured men We're removed TO the
Miners hospital at Ashland.
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Sir Edwin Arnold Disabled.

TRENTON, jan 10. Sir Edwin Arnold
disappointed large audience here last
night. He was to have given reading,
but a dispatch came stating that he was
seriously i'll at the Lafayette hotel in
Philadelphia and was Obliged to cancel
all engagements. He became a victim
of the grip in the west and gave his re-
cent Philadelphia reading under pres
sure.
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impressive In character. Something Ike
500, 900 win be spent to secure this end
In April, 1893, a grand international
naval review, preliminary to the open
ing OF the exposition, as provided for by
act OF congress, win be held in New
York harbor. Arrangements for this
are now being made.
The exposition win open its doors to
the public ON May /, 1898, and close them
on Oct. 30 Of the same year.
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RurgIars Gee Dynamite.

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Jan. 16.--About
Z o'clock in the morning the store Of
Griffith q Wollertoi, at Downingtown,
this county, was entered by thieves. The
safe was blown open. There was but
little change and few postage stamps
In the safe, but the thieves carried of
800 worth Of goods-guns, pistols, etc.
The store Of Baker q Holland, close by,
was also entered and the safe blown
open, evidently by the Same persons, rs
similar methods were used. Here no
money was got, but 90 worth Of cloth
ing and shoes were carried of. The
safes were drilled from the top and dy-
Mantle used. There Is now clew to the
robbers.