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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01
EXODUS OF v L

JourneyinE from Tide to Fresh Wa.
ter in Compact and Steady Column.
If you were standing en- the banks
Of the Delaware river. anywhere above
tide, at this season of the year, you
' Guild see a novel sight. 1t would look
to you very much like a huge sub
merged smoke moving up the stream,
close to shore. 1t is, in fact, a &C impact
mass Of minute snake-l,ke fishes, mil
liGDs Of newly ha tched cells, travelling
fiom the muddy bottom of the river
below tide to the clear, fresh waters
IF the upper river aud its tributaries.
The cells are about an inch and q half
or two inches long. They travel rapid
ly, end in . solid column IS thick
through as a mans body. BY the time
that the rear guard has passed from
the brackish water at tide head of the
column will have reached a point
many miles up the river.
The cells journey to the very head
waters of the river. mounting dams and
falls with the greatest facility. Hun
dreds of thousands of the fry leave the
+ ain column at the mouth of every
tributary stream they encounter on the
upward march, and push their way
up those streams until some insur-
mountable barrier stays their further
progress. And it has to be an absolute
ly insurmountable barrier, too, for
these little cells can overcome obstruc-
tons in the chanLel in a way that Is
simply incredible.-New York Sun.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01
Secret of living Long.

The necessity Of relative harmony
throughout the entire physical system
can not be too strongly urged. Herein
lies the chief secret of health and long
life. Manifest weakness-or even pre-
dominant strengthen any part opens
an venue for the invasion of disease
and the approach of death. What can
be done for the realization and main
tenance Of structural and vital har-
mony? Space would fail us to give de-
tails adapted to varying conditions,
but the underlying fundamental princi-
pie for it's accomplishment may be i'm
parted in q few words. Strive to
strengthen and develop those parts Of
the body which have been Sighted by
nature, or weakened by disease OF
abuse; guard zealously such structures
and see that they are never subjected
to undue strain or too active exertion;
neglect not the improvement of every
part of the economy, but seek first to
improve the weakest structures; look
well to organs Of vital importance-the
heart, lungs, kidneys, etc.--and seek es-
pecially to advance their good. A fine
physique is not to be ignored, but of
far greater Importance is a strong pair
of lungs, a normal wcll-suarded heart,
q good digestive apparatus, and func-
tionally sound kidneys. Tie strength
ening and developing Of vital structures
require more skill and perseverance
than the training of the muscular sys-
TEN, and should be conducted with
much care and diligence ..-Dietetic and
Hygienic Gazette.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

that marks a domestic quarrel. Tinan.
cially the colonies were ruined. Phila-
dolphin had been captured, New York
burnt, the Atlantic seaboard scanned
with the march Of hostile troops, CON-
merce and trade had ceased to exist,
the c~olonists had suffered the sternest
hardships in silence and now their
hearts began to sink within them.
These We're the days that tried mems
souls After five years fighting was
independence any nearer? The British
and their Hessian auXiliaries had sus-
tanned several defeats, but they we're
still numerous and we'll appointed and
confident. The fortitude Of the condi-
mental patriots remained outwardly
mistaken, but contemporary writings
show that to the wisct and most de-
voted. with the exception of Washing
ton and Franklin and a few others,
the American cause seemed almost
desperate.
1t was at this critical juncture that
Benedict Arnold, a general in the
American army, commanding at West
Point, the strategic key to the Hudson
river. was led by personal grievances
to enter into a correspondence with
Andre, then adjutant general Of the
forces under Sir Henry Clinton, for
the betrayal of his post. A large sum
was to be paid for this baseness, which
was 10 include the American garrison
of 5000 men, and vas to be timed to
secure the presence Of Washington and
his consequent capture. Thus the ami
mating spirit of the American army,
one-sixM of its force and it's strongest
citad91Swere to pass together into the
handy of the enemy. No one can
doubt that such an overwhelming
stroke would instantly have made an
end of the revolution; and yet Dean
Stanley would have us believe that the
capture and death Of Andre; which
involved the failure of the plot, could
be regretted by the American army!
AS well say that rescued mariners re-
greet the death they have escaped.
No, the seizure of Andre was hailed
on the American side with the intense
relief of men who are spared an appall-
ing catastrophe. 1t required many
years before his name was in some
measure cleared of the odium which
will forever attach to that of Benedict
Arnold-mOre years even than the
British government required to remem
Der Andres neglected grave beneath
a peach tree on the Tappan hillside.
The sole regret experienced by the
Americans in all this thrilling episode
was at the escape Of Arnold, a senti-
ment we'll expressed by Washington
in his reply to Clinton's entrcaty for
the life Of Andre: "Give us Arnold
and you shall have Maj. Andre" Had
Dean Stanley been disposed to phrase
his eulogy a little different he might
with entire truth have recorded that
both armies profoundly regretted not
seeing Arnold hung in the place of the
i'll fated Andre.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01
THIS IS
EmIarants Come to America Be-
cause They Want Luxurles.

cause They Want Luxurles.
A Canadian legislator who has been
devoting some time to an investiga-
ton of the matter has officially re-
ported more than half a dozen reasons
which influences the emigration Of
Canadian farmers into the United
States. One OF the causes, he gravely
informs us, is a taste for luxury.
There is q good deal more in this
discovery than would at first appear.
1t indicates that the Canadian tiller
of the soil has learned that his
American brother is not such a cal
amitous object as q few bowling
dervishes and political freaks would
have this country believe. Across
the Canadian border have t1oated
seductive whispers OF farmland homes
where the gay resonance of the piano
is heard, where tired muscles seek rest
on something softer than straw on a
barn floor, and where books and
pictures abound. With an envious
heart our Canadian agriculturist has
learned that :h;s is q country where
signed artists proof etchings are sold
upon the Earaain-counter and where
genuine imported articles Of bric-a-
brac are plac::,i within the reach of
the most Lowry. No wonder that to
the seeker after luxury the prospect
is pleasing beyond expression.
Seriously speaking, however, a taste
for luxury i'll an immigrant is not a
bad thing. It is infinitely better than
a taste for dynamite, anarchy and
blood.-From Washington Post.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01
WHILE HE AlTED.
Scene on the Steamer Deck--the
Last Call.

o~OblO 80
Last Call. ...
"Come, Mousey," he called from the
head of the cabin stars as the boat
landed.
The passengers watched, says the
Detroit Free Press, wondering mean
while if Mousey was a black and tan
or q Skye terrier.
he called again. g,
Were there two CT them? All eyes
we're strained, but nothing answered
to the call. The whistle o: the steam
er blew, and again the man peered anx-
iously down the cabin stairs over the
heads of the uprushing crowd.
"Ducky," he called loudly, "aren't
you coming?"
No .Ducky" put in an appearance
and again he called in pleading tone:
"B.a.b-y! why don't you hurry?
Well b ethe last to get off the boat"
Then a woman weighing at least $50
pounds appeared on the stairway
carrying O big lunch basket, two camp
chairs and several shawls and rugs.
"I'm comm hubby" she said plac-
idly, and everybody whosaw her com.
ing got out OF the way as hey recalled
MI. shakespsare's pertinen. inquiry,
"Nhat's in q name?"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01
LEGENDS OF THE POTATO.

Queer Stories About Its Introduce
ton Into Russia and England.
When potatoes were first introduced
into Russia by q MI. Rowland--the
exact date Of introduction OF the
tuber into that beniohted country be-
ing a subject OF controversy, but u.s.
ually set down ut 1871, the people
would neither plant nor touch them.
They declared them to he the DEVILS
fruit, and that they were given to his
satanic majesty ON his complaint to
God that he had no fruit. God told
him to "seac.h the earth for food"
Whereupon the pooc devil fell to dig
ging in the earth and found potatoes
growing therein.
A similar legend seems to have OBJ
tanned credit among the staid British
r in Berwickshire, England. In that
shire the Introduction OF potatoes is
popularity attributed to Sir Michael
49, Oi4CO hi4oNu dll ONC1 oIACU141 co
"The Wizard OF the North" Accord
ing to the story, Michael and the devil
formed a copartnerslip and took the
lease Of u farm on Mertown estates,
called the "Whitehouse," Michael
was to manage the farm; the devil the
capital; the produce was to be divid-
ed in the following manner:
The first year Michael was to have
all that grew above the ground and
the devil all that grew beneath the
surface. The second year shares were
to be divided in just the opposite way.
His satanic majesty. strange to say,
was badly beaten by the willy Michael,
for that parsonage, with true Scottish
fore light, sowed 81 the land to wheat
the first year, a.it :'aated all .pota-
toes the second ye.f. So that thepoor
devil got nothi..a but stubhie and po-
tatoe tops. Howthese ahsusd legends
originated no II knows. Dut the fact
remains that thepesants of both Rus
STA and England even to this day fire.
quently a]lude to potatoes as "devil's
fruit"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

The fact that the school boys of Har-
row are raising a fund to erect a costly
monument oyer the grave of r. NJ. Bal
lantyne at Rome has evoked a letter
from Robert Louis Stevenson, who sug-
gests that the monument be made very
simple and the bulk Of the subscrip.
ton devoted to the deeds of the sur
yiving members Of the uovelist's fam.
ily. Mr.. Stevenson proposes that the
memorial bear the words, Erected to
his cheerful memory by a grateful gen.
eration," 49,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

In a corner Of my library is an an
tiquc cabinet, wherein are rare histor-
ical curiosities, each n Of which can
awaken a marvellous train Of memories,
says a writer in the Pail Mall Maya
zine. Among them is the watch that
Maj. Andre wore during the American
Revolutionary War, and with which,
and the offer of Il hundred guineas. he
81 ught to buy release from his captors.
1t is Of gold, quite fiat. after the work
m"nship of the time, and bears .he in
scription John Andre, 1774.' There is
Sc something ind ascribably pathetic in its
; ssociation with that unfortunate ofh-
Ger, and II mo but contrast his
happy and brilliant career up to the
day of his fatal rendezvous with Rene-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01
FROGS THAT ATTACK MEN.
Adventures Of Georgian With the
Crackers OF the ChickamauRa.

Adventures Of a Georgian With the
Croakers OF The Chickamauga.
People living on the line of the
Chickamauga River are somewhat ex,
cited i've q number OF strange and
enormous frogs that infest the neigh
borhood. These %irogs-for they great
lyresemble irogs-were brought to this
country from the Mississippi swamp
in A. D. 1886 and put in the Chicka-
manga River near this place. They
are said to be OF enormous size when
grown. These being very small when
brought are just now beginning to
show what they can do. They are
doing some mischief now. One has
been catching chickens and is thought
to have been driven to the mountains
for refuge during the high waters, and
while on his way back to the river, be-
ing very hungry, he caught a chicken
to appease his hunger until it reached
the river, where it could get fish, as
they live principally upon fish. When
driven away by high tide and starved
for a few days they will attack a per-
son. They are said to be good food
for man, but have never been tried
yet, as they are very hard to cap
ture. The one that passed through
would have been captured,
but the man had to go to the
house for his gun, and the frog made
one leap and was out Of reach of a fair
shot after devouring quite a number
of chickens. The Lafayette Messen-
ger reports that NJ. NJ. Burrows, Mr..
Manley and his son William were out
in the bottoms a few days later and
discovered something lying near the
river bank which they thou:ht to be
a large bran sack filled with some
thing-thought it had probably float
ed from the mill above. and on going
up for inspection found it to be one of
these frogs. They, ssejrz the danger
they were in, Immediately: made an at
tempt to &c: away. Mr.. Maniey, being
an old man, directed his course to an
old empty cottage house, which was
near, for refuge. Just as he was en-
tering the house the frog seized his
coat tail. leaving him almost breath
less, and nothing but the shoulders
and sleeves of his coat. A few minu-
tes later Burrows came near the house
where Mr.. Manley had taken refuge,
and, seeing the frog tussling with the
fragments of the coat; said to him
self: "Has the frog torn Mr.. Manley
to pieces and now in its mad career is
tearing to pieces his clothes?" The
next thought that entered his mind
was: Where was Will? Had he been
murdered by the mad monster? Mr..
Manley has been suffering from the
shock ever since. While some OF the
reports about these monster frogs
may be exaggerated, THERE'S no doubt
but that they are dangerous. Their
enormous growth is a mystery. Sa-
Vannah News,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

The country never discovers how
many good and true citizens are scat
tered over the face of the earth until
election year comes around. Then the
men, prompted by noble and patriotic
motives, who are willing to sacrifice
their personal convenience, pleasure
and business to become servants Of
the people," are without number. And
some Of the people are too heartless to
appreciate such noble sacrifice.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

The state courts in New Jersey are
rapidly becoming asylums for super
animated politicians. Ex-Gov. Leon
Albeit set the. example by appointing
ex-senator S%aulsbery; his successor
appointed Mr.. Albeit, and now Gov.
Wertz has followed suit by giving a
judgeship to ex-Goy. Rogert 7. Green,
who succeeds the late William Walter
Phelps.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01
assz:aeEH%-

Munkacsy's fine picture Of the cruel
ixion, recently on view in Paris, has
been sent to Antwerp to be exhibited
there before it is put in the mausoleum
of Count Andrassy, for which it is in.
tended. The painting is highly COM
mended, and it is said that the artist
has before attained such q mas
terry in the treatment of the materials
ready to his hand, and he has never
been so completely successful in carry.
ing out O noble desiEn."
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

dict Arnold with the ignominy Of his
death as . spy within the Am .ricaE
Tires.
Forty odd years after his execution
the remains of Maj. Andre were re-
moved from their place Of ;nterment at
Tappan to Westminster Abbey, and a
marble tablet, ornamented with a group
of figures, was raised above them. In
thi group two personages are consplcu-
CTS; n is Andre, apparently waving
q farewell to his British companions in
the distance; the other is George Wash
ington, seemingly refusing an entreaty
for the prisoners release. Few people
know how the father Of the American
republic stands thus in efigy in West
Minister Abbey, and probably still few
er are aware that occasionally his head
is knocked off by some fecvent Briton
who resents the intrusion Of so dis
tinguished a rebel among England's
loyal dead. A glance shows that Wash
ington's head has been freshly replaced,
and the Information is given that the
last of these emphatic vindications of
Saratoga, 1.-The field of the grounded
arms" occurred u dozen years ago.
1t is striking to find on both sides of
the Atlantic, despite the protestatiOns
of friendship of these latter days, the
memories that hang about the Incl
dent of Andres death are still intense
ly bitter. Fourteen years ago Cyrus
Field, an American Of wide reputation,
erected a monument to Andre on the
spot where he died, bearing an inscrip-
ton composed by the late Dean Stanley.
One night, a few months after. this
shaft was overthrown with dynamite.
There was nothing in the words it bore
intended to rut1e American s%ensibility;
nor, probably, would this slight memoir
ial of a brave mans last moments have
been molested had it been raised by
English hands. The offense lay in that
an American in the year 1850 should
commemorate with craven eulogy the
nemy who in 1880 came within a
hairs breadth of overturning the en-
bryo American Commonwealth. Pub
lie antipathy to the PROSTATE plinth
was not lessened when MI. Field
caused it to be restored to
the perpendicular, and but a
few weeks elapsed before a violent
explosion again startled the %neighbor-
ing village from its slumber, and day
light revealed the Objectionable stone
blown to such fragments as to preclude
it's further restoration. 1t is a coinci-
dence that the destruction of Andres
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

TIE superiority Of the American-built
1O-tca Yacht DaCotah in British waters
MAJ be Inferred from the remark of
the Yachting World that some Of her
admirers are ready to back her against
the 2U-raters on even terms.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01
Forcing the Season.

Mother-What? Been in swimming?
And this time of the year? Mercy!
When I went out to-day I wore my
winter coat.
Little Johnny with teeth chattering)
-Yes'm, it was ~so-so-cold we ba-
had to juln-iump into the wa.water
to kc-kee-keep warm.-Good News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

A Kansas editor has been arrested for
burglary. An editor mean enough to
rob a store is capable of stealing his
editorials from the columns of a con-
temporary and boast of his originality.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01
Moral %SuasiOn.
He Merely Wondered.

~ see by that sign," said the man
in the chair to the barber, "that you
hone azo for private use."
Eyes, sir. Have you somethat you
want honine?"
"No; but l was wondering why you
didn't hone the razors you use on
your CUSTOMERS"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

The latest is that William X. Van
derbilt is going to build a house in Lon
don that in expensiveness will knock
spots out Of all the dukes and John
Bull peers, even if they do count
wealth by ar.stocratic points, instead
Of vulgar dollars.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

The copyright Of Uncle Tens Cab
i'm expired q year ago, but Mrs. Hair
rict BcCclirr Stowe is still allowed a
bonus from the sale Of the work by
her publishers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

The emigration question is settling
itself with the aid of the hard times.
The foreigners who go home are not
of the class that would make good citi-
zeas, and the stories they will tell there
will! keep many of their countrymen
from v%enturing this way.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

Among the numerous presents sent to
the young Sons of the emperor Of Ger
many are three bears from Count Doug
las, one OF the wealthiest noblemep Of
the empire. They are 10Y in the Ber-
lin Geological Gardens. Count Doug
las is descended from the famous
Scotch family of that name.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

1t is pleasant to know that Harriet
Beechcr StcHe at 50, though MOI 10y any
means in robust health, is stronger in
mind and body than she was a year
ago, when her condition gave great con-
Germ 20 her friends.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01
A Cautious

Juvenile Soda Clerk-Do you live
here mister?
Customer-Yep.
"Then you have to wait until the
boss comes back from dinner. l amt
allowed to put up prescriptions 'cept
Tor strangers that's travelin' I'm
dianapolis Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01
Straw Dogs Bring Luck.

"Tennyson insists that fifty years
Europe is better than a cycle of
Cathay, and l think if he had spent
a year or two in the Orient he would
have drawn the contrast still
stronger" said Otto Won Boeckman.
If l we're compelled to live in China I
would desire to be a dog, and q stray
'yaller dog ut that. A Chinaman
can wish no better luck than to have
a stray dogcometo his house. Especi-
ally is this true of Pekin, where stray
dogs are taken in and cared for with
tenderness seldom bestowed upon
babies. So strong is the superstition
that a stray dog brings good luck that
no pains are spared to induce it to
remain permanently From the st.
Lnnis Globe-Democrat.
Mora, Suasiun.
Old Gentleman-Do you mean to say
that your teachers never thrash you?"
Little Boy-Ncver. We have moral
suasion at Il school"
Whats that"
"Oh, we get KEEP in, arc stood up in
corners and locked out. and locked in,
and made TO write IL wor; 4 thousand
times. and scowled ut. AMI jaNed at,
and that's all."-Good News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01
Ought to be Thankful.

Said an e%xasperated father at the
dinner table: ''You children turn up
your noses at everything on the table.
When l was a boy 1 was glad to get
enough dry bread to eat" Il say papa.
you are having a much better time OF
it now that you are living with us, ain't
your remarked little Tommy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

Parker Pillsbury If Concord, N. H.,
WHO was Il prominent worker III the
abolition movement with Garrison and
Phillips, has had a slight stroke Of
paralysis.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

The Rev. Henry l.. Foote, rector of
Christ Episcopal church of st. Joseph,
Mo, has decided to resign from his par
ish because some of his parislliOncrs
criticized him for inviting Il colored
clergyman to eat with him at 4 church
festival.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

A lady at Maple Valley, N. Y, Is
raising in a cage an albino robin which
she found in the grass under a tree.
Every feather is white, and Its eyes are
pink.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

monument In Washington's head In
Westminster Abbey should have hap
pened during the same year.
There was a statement in Dean.
SANKEY'S inscription which vas GER
tainly erroneous, and may, perhaps,
have given offense. He declares that
Andre died regretted by both ARMIES"
which was very far from being the
fact. In 1850 the struggle against the
blessings Of despotism, which the colo
MES had begun at Lexington In 1875,
had lasted more than five years, and
had been carried on with the venom
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-01

The old lady in New York who left
$500 in her will for the ke2piag Of her
dog. Bobby" may Lave had = reunion
in view. Bobby is a Skye tcrricl.