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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-22

Mclean omyo% h shnl most advantageous Inducements osHhm in its hnmsN kringr ranges and
superior agmturlh ds and it's wn cheap A in wood and COAL All kinds dHmdngN draLe akmtb blue
good timber ad6 clay for Gkmamgc nb found in many localities hrmghomte comy. The
poduMneso fMu soil of MdeanC County viii bu ady Wprcathw When nbs d THAT cup Weld 1882
wheat 2H4bulesp eramso ha5ob bushels per acre. barley over As mhyA fax obMs ptMoes
25ObwhdSo n about 40b bushels and other cereals d vegetables in the same pruortona and that mImYd
as leh has never bnk known.
Mclean Countyh has. no railroad running dy thnghh but the main id the Son pad nms the
northeast corner and the Bismarck &Hanknsonb ranch ofe 500 ie which il graded into Bismarck .ben
surveyed Through til count, and preparations are being made for cmpktngHe road une the season 1894
Thee tyh@ e eighteen new public Rhods ans supplied wtho oil and exprnelt teachers and nmv constructed
&hodh houses thus furnishing ample tduatnmla advantages
ASHBURN, the county seat Of Mc@m CmtyH admirably otd bp oa fxnHfLr h., .+re
"Bs Bead" of e Missouri River commsndnga an eaMntvwd hnvrm a several mlmm each Mrrion and
Il Il amtdm only omis from bismarck thee Nth ofhe State NJ Dakota
wahbunh te mtnpt toa section cmntye quail in area Hmtof the New ENGLAND n. Anmal
and tnusprahuni lines dvwe hmh her, and 18th mt importantly in omM pnmaIW ahhrrm d cmd
HamrP Packet Iiuaint the dst1htngp point -four Mail Routes W oaempat are mp n Hsnwr and
are Ding apw6tbs business
COAL ARBOR. mother mphmtt nn thee county hGmtd25 miles north wmhh-.
htev very heart fhe fields Nhst W. genera aorsah hlab admmhh shop mda ne1Muts school and
nsmnounhdb by one fh agricultural and stool gumg @fni Hn State.
Thcmnys very good condition nmaayM its total assets emhmiuzu nmusha+ . .nd;na,mr. h.
courthouse mj JAIL and 5Oooc on hada mountnem $M75 Them ceaxda Area Co., x-mmr5.
large reduction nta
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-22
Marshall County Credit Good.

Britton. $. D., Dec. 10. Marshall
county bonds for $4,000 running for
twenty years at 6 per cent were sold
to Chicago parties for 21.OSO.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-22
To He Organized.

Winona, Mimi. Dec. 16.-An impor-
tant meeting will be held at Chicago
next week. at which the An erican
Carving and Manufacturing company.
established in this city. will be re-
organized and steps taken for the
opening OF il large carving plant in
Chicago.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-22
DID NOT SUICIDE.
STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS IN TIT:
COUNCIL BLUFFS SHOOTING.

The Bullet Found ia H~untingt"n'~
Brain liz to Ie Smaller
Than That Fired at the Bond Conn
uHhN Inspectors.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-12-22
DESCRIPTION OF MCLEAN COUNTY,
The Garden County of North Dakota.
BUNDANTLY SUPPLIED With GOOD WATER and FUEL

Mclean comnyi atuaedn mort of mdsha rand least NeN G~udrm,h having frontage 1851 miles,
rmn the wv center dhe State N North Dakota and overs an me $500 niles land embraces 3OhO0oa acres
of m6 finest outy farming lane, including $4,000 eo TIMBER which lies along tH MsounrV r iheS
shint hc county 1882 900 acres fg governmental on hstkment cabeoa accommodating HUo mm"Ms
gvugeaha homtado # 6Oa acres alta cost fort ling onM same &1+Oo
Thu Nothen Pacific Railroad commyow OWN thn the county about 53440a acres whehc anbe purchased
at prices anGmgf from $4to$ per ac, and which, maybe pMdtr IN tecompnysp UGrds Stock nenHhsS
price rom IS to IS cs oued ar he land can tebttn hy years. new allow rate fntret
Amt1 SAG OoOa acre # this land budeLnd with .Npmoq quality ignite COAL ranging front twenty
sx edint hIkmaa dm mny places til mlr p ohat 1.-THE surface rendering easy of@&sa ndt h mppyS
inshausnh These ma mh black lmv wit dyN bolh from eighteen inches to the htm depth and
cabeof uuduing enmousr p of ok and vegetables it also has the finest grazing and meadow lands
Welding em most mtoug .s@nu bmmam dh ry the Garden comyd NORTH Dakota
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-06-09
GEO. J. LEWIS, Agent.
Notice Of Forfeiture.

10 JOHN W. PLArr, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of five hundred (5OO) dol
isls uN IN labor and Improvements upon the
,,a IEER TRAIL. lode mining claim.
sl1naled on the Smoky divide, about twen-
y.two miles from ketchum, in Warm
springs Creek mining district. Alturas
TT,anty; Idaho, as required by section 1874.
;neVlsed Statutes of the United States, be-
lug me amount required to hold the same
i9r Ra .ne years ending December 81, 1887, to
tt tntecembcr 81, 1891; that your proportion OF
.Gs same is $3.50, being one-half; and If
,h;a st.nin ninety (9) days from the service OF
.bis u,s notice, or within ninety (9) days after
t, mus notice by publication you fail or re-
use .use 70 contribute your proportion of such
expenditure as co-owner. your interest in
~nd 1,d claim will become the property OF the
section 1924, FRANK + LEMON.
Aense:hum.. Idaho. July q, 1882.
FIRST publication July 30. 1892.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-06-09
Forbade uiua 70 sab nit.

One Of the most painful trials Of
Koesuth's exile was his inability to be
present 1t the deathbed Of his mother.
She lived in poverty in Brussels, and
she expressed desire to see her son
once more before she died. The Bel
Rian government Of that day would
not grant his request to visit her un-
less he consented to be accompanied
wherever he went by IN officer Of po-
lice. He might have consented to this
degrading condition. says ono bioR-
rapher, for her sake, but no sooner did
his mother hear Of it than she forbade
him 70 come to her, and she expired In
the last days Of 1854. blessing him with
her dying breath.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-06-09


~. r. TuLLY. his heirs and assigns:
nea lou are hereby notified that l have ex-
Eunded the sum of one hundred 1907 dol
IN labor and improvements upon the
YOUNG AMERICA
e d;st.;m mining claim, situated In Little Smoky
orda.t, dct, Alturas county. State Of Idaho, IN
yison Ger 70 hold said premises under the pro.
ths hs'gns TI OF section 1924, Revised Statutes Of
M; Me United States, being the amount re-
fu,red H., &c to hold the same for the year end
m urr roecember s 81, 1892; that your proper
md Ua :. q the same is SO. being one tenth; !;
service II W within q. ninety (9ol days from The
dav. dr,ce OF this notice. or within ninety {o0)
isi ~ slser this notice by puhiicsttcn yosl
Of Ut. Vt refuse 70 contribute your proportion
pnhSsea phSea expenditure. includfpx cp10 ~
viiI viiItSSstlon. your interest," II, Hid 6l4lth
;,ed under az tss ssoRsasA 81. 6 8 ,a "a asa3,
H.sputslr.ssoi;s;y y,s ja5s j J! is(s.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-06-09

The K4Ys4oxE = tie - fspssssutatato
Of the Great Upper Wood 1fvr. s. xtoota
and Smoky mining sstions, and, locaseA
as It h IN The very heart & the most pfo4-
ising mining country un <he faee q the
earth, and leaving nothing nndone to pfe-
sent its readers complete synspsis OF -
minias news and Developments, - sweatas
matters of local Importance In and abeus
Ketchum, it is an invalusSlesaids fer-sa9-
ital and informant 10 the settler sof every
craft and position. Subscribe 1oe1t, 1eed
it, and let your friends read it.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-06-09
FIGHTING oUELs IN ITALY.

About the Only Exefeiss In Which Nar
dives of the sansy Land Indulge
Dueling is the leading and almost
the only athletic sport in Italy, says
the Idler. It is true that there Is An
Alpine club, so-called because its mem
bers climb the lesser heights Of the
Apennines, but there II no cricket,
and, except among the lsboring
classes, ball games Of even the mildest
character are hardly ever played. The
young Italian gentleman finds in duel
ing IN exercise which Is beneficial to
his muscles and sufficiently exciting
to interest him, and the middle-aged
italian keeps up his practice with the
foils and occasionally challenges and
fights friend just to show that ho II
not SO old IS to have lost . genial inter
est in the innocent pursuits of youth.
Dueling il contrary to law In Italy,
but the duelist is never punished (un-
less he should accidentally kill . MANI,
except in the army. where the sport is
obligatory and atrictly prohibited. The
same curious anomaly exists In Ger
many, where army officers are arrest
ed and punished II they fight
duel and either cashiered or forced to
resign if they do not. The Italian OH
Ger, when challenged to fight, is virtu-
ally told: You'll be condemned il You
do and condemned Il you don't" This
seems to the Anglo Saxon decidedly
idiotic, but nothing can well be more
idiotic than dueling. Playing chs
rales in drawing.room rises 70 philo-
sophie heights Of wisdom in COM
parison with It. At least ninety-nine
out Of every hundred Italian duels are
Of the class technically known as
s.flrst blood" duels- That Il to cay, the
combat ceases the moment either OF
the adversaxies loses blood. In these
dueis the sword h always used, and
the slightest scratch on the hand or
the arm which ara The loealities usu-
ally scratched -signali1es tho end of
the game and anthosi1es tho duelists
to sheethe their %eApons end 60 some-
where to dinner toGetAefs Instances
have happensd II whish = .dusliat has
been aecidentnlly run through The
body and killed, ~ ine5dsnts q fhia
eort ~ reGnely 1Q1oqpant com-
rotcd WIN tS0 1kth1ft1ee of the foot
h1li ~: I1bli1n da aalGI11lae 0bahay
~ t N 41Al0t3e 1oero
ria 1ehai11 - -
1la 1T ~ ea,ln leeFe - -
op09tt0G p9po9o.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-06-09
DESERTED MORMON WIVES.
Elects Of the Anti-Polysamy Law In
Utah Territory.

AAOOGo "a b0O AD6s~1 O1y8 Law n
Utah Territory.
Many Of the former polygamists Of
the territory have abandoned their for
mer wives and children, pleading as an
excuse their desire to obey the law and
conform to the new order. Many of
these plural wives, with their children,
are now living in . state OF extreme
wretchedness, unable to support them
selves and their children, while the
husbands, in the majority of cases, are
financially comfortable.
The mistaken idea prevails, writes
Salt Lake correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune, that the maintaining of plu-
rality of wives was . heavy expense
upon the unfortunate man who obeyed
his church and encountered his house
hold. This may have been the case in
many instances, but in the large ma
jority of cases the additional wives
proved to be many sources of addition
al incomes, especially on the farms,
having aided their Husbands in inn
proving the property occupied and
having assisted materially in heaping
up bank accounts after the tithes had
been paid to the church. The law
against unlawful relations is made an
excuse to cast off these workers in
their later years, and also to throw
upon them the burden of large fam
lilies, which it had been . religious
duty to raise.
The church and the Gentiles are
united in appealing to these men, who
are numbered by the hundr eds, to full
fill the obligations Of manhood and to
secure the peace and comfort Of these
women who were led into polygamy,
rs we'll as to aid in the culture and edu-
cation of the children born by authori-
ty of the church, If not under the sane
: ton of the laws of the land.
But these men say: 1--WE must not
violate the laws" While they do not
pose rs martyrs, they lay all the blame
upon the general public for interfering
with the social relations that prevailed
here under inspirational teachings.
In this city there are women seeking
in every honorable way to maintain
themselves and children. whose efforts
are many times poorly rewarded. They
see the men whom they once called
husbands indulging in every luxury,
but no longer recognizing them, even
If they are pinched or old. The desire
to obey the law is not SO observable
where the wives are still young and
attractive. as many secret visits might
bear testimony
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-06-09
IN THE GRIP or AN OCTOPUS.
The Terrible Expsrienco Of . Woman on
m lsland In the Pacific.

ThN Terrible ExpoFSonc0 OF woman ON
m 1sland in tho Pacinc.
There is a woman in San Francisco
who recently lost = nights SLEEP
through reading how citizens of Mon
tcrey captured m octopus there. The
incident recalled an experience she had
while in the South Pacific years ago,
and for that night she never closed her
eyes in sleep. Her husband was super
intendcnt of gang Of laborers who
were working guano beds, and his wife
and child were with him. One day the
woman was walking along the beach
when she saw in . pool . particularly
beautiful shell. Barring hcr arm she
reached down into the water for the
prize when suddenly there was splash
and two snake-like objects entwined
themselves around the limb submerged
in the water. It was . devil-fish, and
in moment the pressure on her arm
was such rs to cause her terrible psin.
Struggle rs she might she was unable
to release herself, and finding that all
her efforts in that direction were in
vain, she told her little boy to run
home for help. The child sped away,
but by this time the mother began to
feel her strength failing. She also
realized with horror that the tide was
rapidly rising. Wave after wave
dashed over her body. which had by
this time been seized by all the arms
of the octopus. Fortunately the mon
ster was > small one; otherwise It
would undoubtedly have dragged her
into the water to death. The water
rose higher and higher and it was only
with the greatest difficulty that she
managed to breathe. Finally > wave
bigger than any Of the others rolled
over her, and her desperate efforts to
regain her breath left her without anv
strength. Her senses gave way just as
she heard . shout and . rush of feet.
The next moment half dozen men
had rushed into the water and seized
her unconscious form The woman
was dragged ashore, the octopus still
clinging to her arms and neck, and in
a few minutes regained consciousness.
The octopus, which was promptly
killed, was one OF the smaller kinds,
measuring only seven feet from the
body to the end Of tho longest arm.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-06-09

but was made to take . seat among
the comparatively small group Of men
whom the profession sought specially
to homer. These unexpected atten-
tions were al the result Of . word
from Mr. Field.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1894-06-09

with interest if Kim would come to
Shanghai. The trial will probably
show that the Corean court promised
the assassin big reward for removing
. dangerous conspirator whom the
japanese government had saved FROM
their vengeance for ten years. kim was
the ablest Corean who has come to the
front since the hermit kingdom was
opened to foreigners. He spoke Japa-
nese, Chinese, French and German fiu-
emily.
The Irish standard., 1894-01-20
women Ciearette {" Fiends."

ssDo YOU know" said the man be-
hind the counter of small Broadway
cigar store, according to the New York
Herald, "that since the world IS fair my
sales Of cigarettes have quadrupled?
It's fact. The thing has been going
on ever since last summer. It's wom-
ems trade, too, all Of it. Last winter
it was a rare thing for woman to
come into my store to make purchase.
And now Well, they simply walk
in as composedly asyou please and ask
for cigarettes, and discuss the differ
ent brands and ask my opinion OF
them. They are women Of refinement
and good breeding; women the world
calls ladies. The cause? The worlds
fair, of course. The Midway Plaisance,
Cairo street, the Egyptian village.
They visited those places, and what
did they see? At every turn native
women smoking cigarettes, handling
them daintily and putting smoke in
fetching way that was deliciously at
tractive. It didn't look bad. On the
contrary. it looked r1ther nice. For
every ten women who looked, I'll
wager nine women went right hone
and experimented."
The Irish standard., 1894-01-20
a VAST HERD.
The Immense Array Of Bnnaloes Seer
s4 ST. the Early Fifti0e. f5s, ssgs S.

The Immense array OF Bnn0kOHS S0OA u 3sa
the Early Fifties.
Now that the bison, or buffalo, as 81
is more commonly called, has become. 8
almost extinct, it is hard to realize
how extremely abundant it was lessi
than forty years ago. A vivid idea oh
its numbers sin the early ffties" may
be gained from an experience of Gem,
W. H. Walker, as recorded by hisI
friend Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt in his'
recent volume, ''The WildernessI
Hunter Gen. Walker was encamped,
with scouting party on the upper
Arkansas river, and had gone out to
shoot some meat. Many buffaloesl
we're in sight. scattered, as usual, in
large bands.
By an by a dull roar in the dis-r
tance attracted his attention, and hol
saw that a herd of buffaloes far to thel
south had been stampeded and were
running his way. He knew that it he
was caught in the open by the herd
his chance for life would be small, and'
he at once ran for the river.
By the greatest effort he reached
the breaks in the sheer banks just 40
the buffaloes reached them, and got
into a position of safety on the
pinnacle of little bluff. From this
point of vantage he could see the en-
tire plain. To the very verge OF the,
horizon the brown masses OF the
buffalo bands showed through thel
dust clouds, coming on with a thund pr
Gus roar like that of surf.
Camp was a mile away, and the
stampede luckily passed to one side OK
it. Watching his chance he finally
lodged back to the tent, and all that
afternoon watched the immense
masses of buffaloes. as band after band
tore to the brink of the bluffs on one
side. raced down them, rushed through
the water, up the bluffs on the other
side, and again off over the plain,
churning the sandy, shallow stream
into a ceaseless tunult.
When darkness fell there was no ap-
parent decrease in the numbers thnt
were passing: and all through the
night the continuous roar showed that
the herds were still threshing across
the river. Toward dawn the sound at
last ceased. and Gen. Walker arose
somewhat irritated, as he had reckoned
on killing an ample supply Of meat,
and he supposed that now there would
be no bison left south of the river.
To his astonishment, when he
strolled up on the bluffs and looked
over the plain. it was still covered fer
and wide with groups of bufaloes,
grazing quietly. Apparently there were
as many on that side as ever, in spite
of the many scores of thousands that
must have crossed the river during
the stampede of the afternoon and
MIG ht
The Irish standard., 1894-01-20
Weighing q Hair.

"To number the hairs of your held is
not very difficult task the refner Of
the assay office said. "A very close ap-
,proximation can be made by weighing
the entire amount of hair on a mans
head and then weighing single hair.
The weight of the former divided by
the latter, will of course give the de-
sired number. If you will pluck out q
hair from your beard can show you. .
"A long and struggling one was accord
ingly detached, the refner putting it
on scale, which was inclosed in .
glass case, and graduated with ex-
treme accuracy. With little weights
of aluminium he piled up one arm un-,3. n
til an equipoise was reached. The
hair weighed three milligrames. II
you reduce this to oSfgures, !" he said, III
would require 5000 hairs to weigh. alnafE ,aalaf.
ounce, and suppose you have six ounces
.syou have IS, 900. q Christian orlk.ss::
The Irish standard., 1894-01-20
Chinese soapstone.

A report py the British consul at
Wenchow, China. states that the stez-
tite, or soapstone, industry of that vi
cinity employs about two thousand
miners and carvers. The mines. owned
and operated by twenty Or thirty
families, are forty-two miles from
Wenchow. The galleries are driven
into the sides of the hills, often to a
distance Of nearly mile, and require
timbering on account Of the softness
of the clay. The stone is soft when
first extracted, hardening on exposure
to the air. It is obtained in great
variety Of colors, described as purple,
red, notified red, black dark Blue,
light blue, gray, white, eggshell white,
'jade, :" "beeswax" and ':frozen''-the
''jade' and frozen being the most
valuable. Carvers buy the stone at tho
mines at about cent pound.
The Irish standard., 1894-01-20
Tho Girl was Different, +,

An artist declares that a newly-be-
trothed lover commissioned him to
paint certain secluded nook in the
rocks on the shore because there he
had declared his passion. The picture
was painted, but before it was done
the lover said to the artist:
''Cf course, I will see you through
on that picture, but my engagement is
off, and. of course. it would be pain
fully suggestive to me. you can sell
it to somebody else will take another
picture, and be extremely obliged be-
sides.''
The painter assented to the arrange
ment, but within a week his patron
presented himself.
st is all right he announced joy
ously. "I'll take that picture
''Am to congratulate you on the re-
newal of your engagements" the artist
asked.
The other seemed little confused,
but quickly recovered his self-posses-
sion. and grinned as he said:
mo, it's another girl"
The Irish standard., 1894-01-20
The Result of q E,ppor.

The following story is rather fairy
like. but it is absolutely true: a col
lege student has contributed several
blood and thunder serials for one of
the sensational periodicals Lately he
wrote TO the publisher and stated the
facts in his case. He wanted to give a
spread to his club and had no funds. 1t
the publisher would send him money
he would discharge the debt by writing
another serial within a given time.
Now comes the marvellous part of the
story. The publisher sent MIN the
money! In due time arrived the story.
1t was returned for very needful alter
ations, with mild remarlk from the
patient purchaser to the effect that he
feared the results of the spread" we're
too plainly seen in a number of care
less slips and mistakes.
The Irish standard., 1894-01-20
The Law and woman's Dress

Old records say that the law once
took a hand in reducing the size OF
women's sleeves in Venice. That was
in 1903, and its effect was soon seen in
the extravagant trains that women
added to their gowns. As soon as the
puzzled lawmakers realized what was
the matter they curtailed the skirt by
second edict, to be again circum-
vented by the great magnificence OF
both skirt and sleeves, which were
blazoned with embroideries of gold
and set with precious stones These,
too, were enacted out OF fashion, but
only while the women were getting
breath for fresh contest and a sleeve
that exceeded in cost anything that
had gone before, for they we're both
wide and long, reaching even to the
hem OF the dress. These were the arm
coverings and called forth the last Fat
from the Venetin senate