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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

Life ura
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Feb. 2, 1892.
8 D. Stockton, General Agent, North
western Mutual Life Insurance Co. ..
Dear Sir: I am q firm believer in
life insurance and carry policies in
seven different companies.
In as many different companies, for
$1,000 each, on the Unemployment life
plan, all exactly the INT The result
so far has been as follows:
Annual Dividends Cash Cost
Company. Premium. to date. to date.
Northwestern ..$3s.92 $1O5.27 $780,. IS
Mutual Life.... 34.O7 1902 $780, IS
Mutual Benefit. 1896 1912 34O.O3
Conn. Mutual... $3.50 S2.10 3433. 40
New York Life: 1888 SIS S so.ie $685. s7s.Sa
Any n can make his WI COM
parsons and draw his own conclusions.
The reason I did not at the time take
a similar policy in the Equitable was
because I had a Tontine policy mature
in that company in 1882 and the results
We're not satisfactory. I then decided
not to insure in that company again,
but for the sake of comparison I have
often regretted that / did not.
~ am more than satisfied with the
ttsults obtained in the Northwestern,
and as you. r aware, have increased
by insurance inethe same. The divid-
ends have increased each year and I
would most certainly recommend your
company to any one desiring life insur-
ance. Respectfully yours,
James B. Plat.
Publisher Of the Poughkeepsie Eagle.
The present rate for a 2O-payment life
policy Of $1,000 at age 20, is $3.50 in
the Mutual Life and $39.77 in the Con-
necticul Mutual.
The only practical difference between
the leading life insurance companies
is dividends.
In this particular the Northwestern Is
3i'1rst." The above history Of exactly
similar policies on the same life proves
our assertion.
j. D. Mills,
State Agent, Grand Forks. N. D.
Never buy whislkey for medici-
nal purposes unless you know the bottlers
Of It to be reliable, as most wh!iskies SOLO
under celebrated names are spurious; cneap
articles, whose bottlers cannot affor0 &c
have their names on the labels.
Uncle Sans Monogram Whisky. IS potIleo
which 1t has been received Is the best proc!
Of Its superior quality. Ask your orusgast
or retail dealer for it.
There are 242 life-saving stations on thu
coasts Of this country.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

WESTERN BASE BALL LEAGUE.
Milwaukee, Oct. 1O.-A meeting to re-
OF ganize the Western Base Ball associa-
ton will be held in Chicago Oct. 25. Mil
waukee, indianapolis, Detroit, Toledo,
Kansas City, Omaha and Minneapolis
will become members and the eighth
member will be either Columbus, st.
Paul or Grand Rapids. A salary limit
of $1,5O0 Of $1,SOO Il month will be
adopted.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
KICK BY A II

1A1OVAVD Oh "A 11O1G00s
Kenyon, MIMI, Oct. 1O.-Ivar Simon
son was kicked by a horse yesterday
afternoon while taking hold of the front
wheel to help the team back a wagon
loaded with stone. The frontal bone was
broken, part of the brain oozing out.
The poor fellow fingers between life and
death.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
KIIIED

San Francisco, Oct. 1O.-A shocking
scandal has been caused here hy the coro-
ner's Investigate of the SAT- Francisco
founding asylum, where thirty-three ba-
bics have died within the list six weeks.
The plsce he's beer closed. The coroner
ascertained that tile thirty three waits
died of lack of nutrition and maltreat-
ment. The Daughters Of the Good
Shepherd publicly branded the asylum as
Il slu ughterhouse for be bics.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
That joyful Feeling

With the cxhilerating sense Of renewed
health and strength and internal cleanliness,
which follows the use Of Syrup OF Figs, lie
unknown to the few who have not progressed
beyond the old time medicines and the
cheap substitutes sometimes offered but
never accepted by the well Informed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

Don't go on a long land journey. don't start
as emigrant for the far west, II unprovided
with that defender OF health and conqueroI
OF sickness. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters.
which will defend you from sea sickness.
nullify fatigue and III health caused by ira
vel and change OF diet. and cOuntcrart ma.
laria. Peerless is it for dyspepsia, rheuma.
tlsm, liver complaint, nervousness aud de.
bility.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
Out Of Sight,

Miss Gramercy-Did Evelyn bring her
new bathing suit home from Bar Har-
Dor?
Miss 1ntown-No. 1t shrunk so every
time she wore it that when the maid
went to get it to pack it wasn't there
New York Herald.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

SEWER CAvED IN.
Denver. Oct. 10.-A sewer at kent and
Justina streets caved in. covering several
workmen. Thomas Holt was instantly
killed and Charles Camponari badly hurt.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

Hegema ms "a p lee with GlycerIns.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

Chicago is said to have u per capita indebt'
edness of SD %.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

The Mississippi Valley has an area Of u.
5OO,OU square miles. -
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

DE LESSEPs DYING.
Paris, Oct. 1O.-Count Ferdinand de
Lesseps is dying ir his country house at
La Chesnaic.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
Don't Leave Port,

The first American tin was made in Con.
necticut In 1910.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
A pet fly has been known to live six years

I ure Dyspepsia and Constiration.
DR.. Shops Restorative Nerve Pills sent
e 2ees stamp m Druggists. Sc Csc. br. shoop. Box
W., Racine. Wis.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
Life Insurance.

Uncle Sam gets only very few Spanish emf
grants.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
SHOT HIS SISTER

SHOT HlS SISTER.
Park Rapids. MIMI. Oct. 1O.-The
three-year-old child Of I. s. Overholser
was accidentally shot ly a six-year-ollI
brother. The lower jaw was torn eff and
the chill died a few hours aftelward.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

Condensed Record Of the Business
Being Transacted by our National
Observation-Disclosures Report Day
Ivy Day.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

II the Baby 1. Cutting Teeth,
BE sure und Use that old md well tried remedy, Ma .
WINsLow's SOOTHING SYRur for Children Teething.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
Knew An About 1t

NJ rastside-Have you read Dante'a
description Of Hell?
'I NJ. Westside-Don't need to read 1t.
40 wife's mother Is living with us now,
and nv eldest daughter Is taking plano
lessons.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

The booksellers lists contain the titles ~
over GOO cook books.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
Dangerous Pets.

I never liked pet tame leopards, and
I will warn young officers in India
against keeping them as pets. They
nav be very well behaved to their own
master. but when a visitor comes to
cali, not knowing anything about the
existence of a leopard in the house, 1t
ia very unpleasant for him to find q
huge beast coming shifting up to him
and raising it's head as II to lick his
face. The visitor is probably seated In
the darkened drawing room, and the
servant who introduced him has gone
of to call his master, who Is said to be
dressing or bathing.
I remember an exceedingly bad quar-.
ter of an hour that I spent In a certain
subaltern's bungalow with a strange
leopard as my only companion, for the
native servant did not come back to
the drawing room, as he had o holy
horror Of the leopard on his own &C.
count. When at last my young friend
appeared he could hardly believe that
any one could be afraid Of such o
harmless, playful animal as the leop.
an. I though otherwise, and did not
repeat my call Before The end Of q
month this leopard bit his own master
-of course in play; but the warning
uas taken, and the master had the
skull and skin very handsomely set up
as a souvenir Of his cid pet-C., I.
Brckland in Longman,g Maeazlne.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

These tiny, s~ugar-coated g~ranulees : the
smallest in Size and the easiest to take. They
ahsolutsly and permanently cure Constipa-
ton, Indigestion, Sick Hssdscas, s Dn, .sd
al arrangements Of the liver, stomach and
boWsls.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
silver Dollars,

In 1892 $1e,5 800, 0oO. 600 worth of propert!
wal insured against fire.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

, Silver Dollars.
You will save q great many in buying !
watch from The Syndicate Watch Co., ~
Nicollet Avenue Minneapolis, MINI IT
largest wholesale Watch Co., in the wes1
and deals direct with the consumer. Send
for catalogue, (mailed free,) to consult prices
In the City OF. Mexico the street railway
furnishes funeral care.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
y. u. N1IILS'
State Agent, Grand Forks. N. D.

There are 242 life-saving stations on thu
coasts Of this country.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14

We will give 500 reward for any case q
catarrh that cannot be cured with Halls
Catarrh Cure. Taken internally.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Proprs., Toledo,O,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
WHILE ON oERoN1Mo's TRAIL.
How an Army Captain pamact 10
GIVE Aid to Two Suffering Anti

How an Army Captain Paused to
GIVE Aid to Two Suffering AMI
Iun1a.
Geronimo, the once powerful and
cruel Indian chieftain of the West, is
now a quiet and peaceable prisoner at
Mount Vernon Barracks, an army post
upon the Alabama river, a short dis
lance above Mobile, says Kate Fields
Washington. During what was known
as the Geronimo campaign settlers re-
siding upon isolated ranches in Arizona
and New Mexico lived in constant ter
ror of his raids. When II was re-
ported OF feared, those on the line Of
the expected raid fled pre- cipitately to
the nearest point of ~safety-usually an
army post if it could be reached-there
to remain until the danger was over,
and then, probably, to return and find
buildings burned, all live things killed
or carried away, and property of every
description wantonly destroyed. In
the year 1885 an officer was sent out
with a body of troops in pursuit Of
Geronimo, who had just passed, leaving
desolation in his track. One day he
came to a beautiful ranch, showing
everywhere the ownership and care of
people of means. 1t was entirely de-
serted. Its occupants had fled, not even
taking time to close the doors Of the
low, roomy dwelling. With II solitary
exception there was no appearance Of
life.
Chained to a post were a couple of
magnificent greyhound puppies Of pur-
est breed. The little creatures lay side
by side upon the ground, nearly fam
ished from hunger and thirst, almost
too weak to give greeting to what they
knew to be the coming of friends and
help. The captain hastily ~dismounted
and went to them, his men crowding
around, eager as himself to help. Water
was given them and food from his own
r%ations, but when they had eaten, the
question was what should be done with
them? 1t was impossible to take them
along in so hasty a march. They were
too young to hunt for food, and If
turned loose would become the prey
of wolves and coyotes. In the enclo-
sure where they were they were pro-
tected; about twelve feet in front Of
the puppies ran a ditch, through which
water was flowing, a sight of which
had only served to tantalize them, fast
ened just out Of reach of its cooling
draught. Across the ditch, plainly In
view, lay the heads of several slaught-
cred cattle. In the dry atmosphere Of
that latitude meat does not decay, so
the heads were in good preservation
and must have added greatly to the
fierce pangs of hunger of the two dogs.
The captain had several of the heads
brought and laid near the dogs; enough
to furnish food for many days. Then
from a Toulouse near by he and his
men took spades and shovels and
turned the course Of the ditch for q
few yards, so that it ian Immediately
by the puppies. After a friendly pat
to each grateful dog and a CHEEKY word
of encouragement, the captain mounted
his horse and rode away.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1893-10-14
THERE'S DISCOMFORT,
pain AID gripping, viii
the usual pills; tax

the usual pills: TAKE
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets, and there's moth
Ing Of the kind. You
regulate The dose accord
ing to your needs-ons
little Pellet for q gentle
laxative or corrective,
three for Q catharho-
but it's al perfectly s
and natural. And the
help that comes In this
WAY Ln6fs. I.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01
Editing a Newspaper.

Editing a newspaper is pleasant
business-if you can stand it.
If it contains many advertisements
/ the subscribers complain that they take
too much space.
If there is scarcity of advertising
it is unpopular and the people won't
have it.
If we attend church regularly they
say We go for effect.
If we stay away from church they
say we are monstrously heathenish.
If we accept an invitation to a we'd
ding they say we were only invited to
write it up"
If we go to the opera house they say
we go on free tickets.
If we are seen upon the streets too
often they say we neglect Our business.
If we avoid going on the streets they
say we don't hustle around after the
news.
If we reject a long winded communi-
cation it's author becomes furiOusly en-
ragged and discontinues his paper.
If we publish lengthy communica-
lions our readers say we lack discre-
tion and put in anything ito Fill up"
If we neglect to decorate our Office
windows on Washington's birthday,
they say we lack enterprise, and that
there isn't drop of patriotic blood
flowing in our old carcass.
If we swell out in a new suit of
clothes and celebrate grounding day,
they say we got our clothes in payment
for advertising, and that we are by far
too foppish.
If in our frailty, we sometimes per-
petrate joke or make a stagger at a
poor little pun, they say we are exceed
ingly light and won't do.
If we omit jokes. they say we are poor
miserable fossils.
If we are single they say we are too
helpless to get married.
If we are not single they say it is a
pity tor our wives.
If we publish man who has brought
disgrace upon his family, the friends of
the family, never forgive US. If we out
of goodness of heart decline to say any
thing on the subject the mans enemies
are disappointed and we are branded
as white livered coward.
We are able to stand these raps and
many more, and are always ready to
receive visitors whether accom- panied
by dog or not. OF course, we do Eot
claim there is any work in running a
newspaper; everyone knows it is a snap.
Weekly Journalist.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01
THERE'S A GOOD TIME COMING.

: Our principles lead to refusal of bounties and
subsidies which burden the labor and thrift of
portion OF people. We shall challenge wild
and reckless pension expenditure" Our govern
ment rests the equality before the law which is
guaranteed to every tIzen.-Grover CIeveland's
inaugural address.
No bounties! No subsidies Stricter pension laws
and all,
Fewer taxes on necessities My goodness what a
fall;
For the gluttons and the greedy 'uns who've lived
upon our needs!
What raking off of barnacles, what a digging up
of weeds.
What cleaning out of paraaites, what hoeing
out of cant,
What howl they will be setting up. and obi my
eye, what rant
We shall hear from Dan to Beersheba, from
ian thest North to South,
When these disgruntled, pampered hogs shall one
and ali give mouth.
They've lived so long on other folks they felt
quite well assured
That for another century they'd surely be en-
dured
And now they find they've got to quit, and that
right mighty quick,
prick.
For after all they'll get their due. as much all
the rest,
But then for years they've fat;ened upon nothing
but the best;
And that they now should be denied the right to
flch us more,
Is what they didn't bargain for, Equality in
law"
Equality's doctrine in which they don't be-
Heve,
Unless it be doctrine of equality to thieye
An equal share in subsidies. or bounties, tax.
BY which they each could richer grow and FIJI
their treasure sacks.
But now we kind o. seem to how them days
done,
And brighter, hetter, juster reign of equality's
begun;
A time in which the good old phrase, equality in
law.
Means what founders meant it should, the
same for rich and poor.
j ACK PLAIN.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01

No MAN but an enemy will advise
you to keep in the middle of the road.
If you walk by the side of the thorough
fare you generally have green grass
under your feet and johnnyjumpups all
around you, and shade trees to make
your journey cool and pleasant. By
taking the middle road, however, you
are sure to stub your toes on stones,
and you get your mouth filed with dust
and your ears with dead leaves and you
are sure to be run over, sooner or later,
by lumber wagon containing three or
four families on their way home from
a picnic. Only disagreeable people will
offer middle of-the-road advice.-Walt
Mason.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01

who pierceS tie trackleSS forest, in the
name of the red man who wanders the
dreary prairie. in the name of the red
the multitudlnous insects of civiliZa-
tion, in the name of the red brother
who has traded his wampum and his
scalping knife for all the disgusting
diseases that the proud white man has
to bestow-we bid you welcome. -Four
hundred years ago the father of your
fathers father fonnd our wife's folks
on bleak and barren coast. The red
man was dressed in the hide of the
deer or the muskrat. according to the
season; he ate the food of the chase
drank from the bubbling spring and
smoked the tobacco of his father. To.
day his daughters wear cavalry trous-
ers. and bandoline their raven locks
with New Orleans molasses; his sons
eat salt horse sandwiched in the bread
of idleness, while the poor Indian has
a nav for liquor that gaps like the
center Of funnel Snapped cloud. He
chews plug tobacco and smokes Gig.
aretts. Columbus brought civilization
to the Indian; the reservation has done
the rest. Where once the sun kissed
the innocent cheek of Minnehaha
robed in the cloth from her looms, to-
day the sun OF noon looks down on
Mrs. -Not-Afraid-o of a Cock tail
and sees her neighbOring around
the reservation in an army coat. plug
hat, and a wagon cover, while every
wind from the prairies brings the sound
of her sObs as she pleads with the
agents of the Great Father for striped
suspenders and a crjnoline skirt. Yes
terday the red man scalped and burned
and pillaged from the eastern sea to
the western sea; to-day the Mckinley
law is in force and tomorrow the popu-
lists threaten the country. The torture
stake of the red brother has been used
as cross tie for the white brothers
trolley car. The ghost dance of 'Lo,
the poor Indian has been superseded
by the Patriarchs' ball, the Yelled
Prophets carnival, the Priests of Pallas
parade and the Mardi Gras. Powhattan,
with his club raised against the Smith
tribe, has been crowded into obscurity
by Ward McAllister, while the beautI-
full POcahontas is showed aside for Mrs.
Lease and Mrs. Langtry. Is this an
improvement? I trow not. In fact.
the red mans trowel is so broken and
shattered that be generally trows not.
1t is cold day for the red brother, and
as the shades thicken he is shooting
into the horizon of the past, clad only
in the linen duster of the Ihilanthropist
and the mantle of his vain regrets. And
yet, most kind and noble Duke, the
generous action of your ancestor in dis,
covering us will never be erased from
the tablets of our grateful memory.
Hence we bid you welcome"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01

GRAPE fruit is almost as good as
quinine for malarial troubles, and pine
apple is sure cure for sore throat.
Tomatoes are perfect liver regulators
they contain very small portion of
mercury. Oranges act on the kidneys
very benefcially. while lemons and
grapes are efficacious in curing and pre-
venting cancerous troubles. Water
crosses act on the lungs, and are said
to be a cure for incipient consumption.
They certainly have marvellous tonic
power, and refresh one after great
fatigue. A diet of grapes as cure all
has been proved valuable in hundreds
of cases, and, if taken in time, a case
of jaundice can be cured by eating
nothing but lettuce and lemon Juice.
In the face of this, cannot ore almost
dispense with doctors?
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01

THE Topeka advocate, the official
state paper and the recognized leading
organ of the populists, is dead set on
compelling the populists at their next
state convention to espouse the cause
of prohibition and woman suffrage;
and from the present outlook, we are
prone to believe the Advocates policy
will be adopted.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01

CHILDREN are never taught to use
the prittiest word in the English
anguage-''mother." Instead they say
Ma" or Mamma" or NANNY
The word mother" has been sacred for
centuries. Think, for instance, how
it would sound to speak of the Virgin
Mary as the Ma of Christ" If there is
room for one more reform, restoring
the word mother to use would be a
good one.-AtchisoR Globe