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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
Electricity in Japan.

American electrical engineers will
| do we'll to open their eyes to the ad-
| vantages now offered by Japan rs a
| field for electrical work. The CORE
spondent of an electrical journal, who
has recently returned from a visit to
| the East, emphasizes the need of cleo
trical railways in Japan. He is GER
| tan, to begin with, that an electrical
| railroad on the fourteen miles be-
tween Yokohama and Toxic, passing
through a thickly-populated district,
would pay. At present Toxic, which
has over 100000 inhabitants, has no
electric road, and there is not a single
street car line in Yokohama. The
town of Osaka, in the central part Of
the empire, presents another admjra-
BILE opening. 1t has no electric rail-
way and is sixteen miles from the
coast. 1t is. now connected by rail-
way with Kobe, which in 1880 had
10000 inhabitants. An electric rail-
way between these towns would prove
q remunerative undertaking. A line
from Osaka to Kioto, q great city,
which was formerly the capital Of
Japan, via Kobe, would touch villages
at almost every mile of it's course,
and would accommodate population
Of fully 100000 people. The Japan
csc are great travellers. They make
long excursions over the country to
visit the most sacred Buddhist tenn
pies and Shinto shrines, and the roads
are often thronged with families 60
ing from one sacred place to another.
The electric lines would pick up
many parties out on these trips of
combined religion and pleasure. The
chances for electric lighting in Japan
are quite as good as those Of electric
rlilroading.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
THE SENSE.
One II Sleeping in Us, but Occasion
ally WnkeR I'm.

One IL Sleeping in Us, but OCCASION
ally Wakes Up.
This is the age of ~psychical research.
Claude Stuart Coles gives the follow
ing curious experience in the New
Science Review, in an article on "Men-
tai Telegraphy:"
Within us is the power, sleeping.
Once in awhile some sensitive soul has
felt it stir, but there vas no known
law that governed it, no logic with
which to convince others of its being;
SO it was buried deep in the inner con
sciouness, where hide ideas that dare
no seek light, because they are in ad-
vance Of their age.
Long ago., at the house Of a friend,
l saw a photograph of n mans head.
AS l picked it up there came over me
a sense of having known the original;
it was the face of a "friend!" When
my hostess entered l asked about the
photograph, and she told me who it
was. The name meant nothing to me,
but the face meant all things that 1
knew. Several times in the next week
I looked at the photograph, always
with the same sense of ''having
known" Then eight years elapsed,
during which no memory of that face
came to me. One day, at the theater,
there flashed over me that same curl
Jus sense Of "having known" In
stinctively / turned and caught full
| the glance of the original of the pho
tograph. What he was doing there I
have never found out.
Several miles away from me lived a
friend. Days would elapse without
our meeting, but if l sat down and
wrote her a note she would come, al
ways crossing the note. l became so
certain about it AFTER awhile that 1
would write the note and tear it up.
The thought would stir in her the de-
sire to see me. There was no use in
mailing it.
The sight of a certain handwriting
would always make my heart sink; it
was something that 1 could not reason
myself out of, yet the letters were
| pleasant and the words fair. One day
I found out that my instinct was
right. I trust it now.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
MARROW
A Grcat Northern Passcnger Train
in a Forest Fire.

A Great Northern PaascnEer Train
in a Forest fire.
Spokane, Wash. Aug. 21.-Passen-
gers on the west-bound Great North
ern train had a narrow escape from
death last night. The train had passed
through a fiery furnace of burning
forests for a distance of ten miles.
when it reached the Little Spokane
river, about twenty miles east Of this
city. a huge tree fell across the track
from the mountain above just as the
train was passing. The engine struck
1t. causing the train to stop sc sud
denly as to throw the passengers vio-
lently from their seats. The burning
tree was dragged partially under thc
cars, and for a moment the train top
pied to one side until it almost went
into a 15O-foot chasm on the other
side. So intense was the heat from
the forest fire that the coaches blist-
cred and almost took fire. The pas
sengers for a time were panic-strickcn.
and but for the GOODNESS of the train
crew they would have rushed into GER
tain death. The burning tree set fire
to the burning mail and baggage cars,
but the flames were eXtinguisllcd by
water from the stream. With axes
the track was cleared and the train
succeeded in reaching here badly
damaged. The fires have now reached
south along the line Of the Great
Northern and continue with una hated
fury. Millions of timber mas already
been destroyed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
ADVERSE RUMORS
Regarding the N. PIG. N. COnaolidc-
ton Scheme.

Regarding the N. PIG. N. Consolidc-
ton Scheme.
New York, Aug. 21.--1t is now re-
ported that the Northern Pacific con-
solidation scheme has been practically
given up, and that in its place n
species Of traffic arrangement involv-
ing close relation MS with the Great
Northern is proposed. The decline in
Northern Pacific IS brings with it the
foregoing rumor, which indicates that
some form of union is still deemed
essential to recognizing the Northern
Pacific OF a basis that will be salts
factory to Wall street. President Hill
is expected here early this week.
1t is noted in connection with Great
Northern and Northern Pacific matters
the United States court of appeals ut
Chicago declared in an opinion Satur-
day that the appointment Of the North
ern Pacific ~receiyership was unfair
and practically unlawful. While this
decision does not. affect directly the re-
ceivers it is inferred that the court, or
some other United States court, might
act in accordance with it should an
application for their removal come be-
fore it.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
NEWS BOI1ED DOWN.
Items of General Interest Placed ii
a Few Lines.

Items of General Interest Placed in
a Few Lines.
Charles j.. Crisp, eX-speaker Of the
United States house of representatives,
has returned to London from Paris.
"Owney," the postal clerks famous
dog who Travelled all over the United
States. sailed to-day for a trip around
| the world from Tacoma.
Patrick Murphy, Jr., aged eighteen,
was fatally stabbed at yorktown,
Mich, by Con Sullivan. aged thirty
eight, in a row last night.
The steamer City of Sheffield. from
st. Louis to Tennessee river, struck
an obstruction in the Mississippi river
back of Cairo at midnight and sunk.
The emperor Of Austria has sum
moned Count Badour, governor Of
Galicia. to Ischl in connection with
the formation of a permanent minis
try.
One hundred and fifty employees Of
the Royal Mantel company at Rock
ford. ILL.,, went on a strike to-day be-
cause of the discharge of one of their
number who was 81 labor leader.
Mrs. J.. Long, living near Madison,
Mo-. hanged herself and f~our-year-old
child. The cause was attributed to a
separation from her husband. The
lady belonged to a highly respectable
family.
John Miller Wilcox, editor Of the
Cleveland Penny Press, died suddenly
yesterday afternoon at the summer
house of his friend. ex-Mayor Rose of
Cleveland, at Rose island, st. Law
renee river.
A severe engagement is reported to
have been fought at Arillao, in the
Department of Santa Clara. The in
surgents are said to have lost fifty
killed and the government eight SOL
diers killed or wounded.
At Grand Haven, Mich, George
Cheescbrough. the seventeen-year-old
youth who was convicted of numbering
his grandmother, Mrs. Levi Price,
July s last, was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment at Jackson, to-day.
Alex G. Sherwood, member of the
Missouri State Democratic committee
from the Thirteenth district, died at
an early hour this morning from an
accident that occurred at the fair
grounds in st. Louis last night.
Engine No. 5. on the Wisconsin &
Michigan railroad. jumped the track
at q curve ear Bamley junction. Wis,
killing Harry Lacroix, a brakeman,
who was riding or the engine. and &C.
riously injuring Engineer Webster.
Rev. Charles Wende, pastor of the
First Uniterian Church of Oakland,
Cal, and president of the Unitarian
Association Of the Pacific coast, has
resigned his passionate because the
rich men Of his church will not give
him proper financial support.
The Lawrenceburg and Aurora ac-
commodation train left the, track to-
day near Cincinnati, and the engine
and three coaches rolled down a
t%wenty-foot embankment. Engineer
Harry Becker of indianapolis was
killed. Several passengers were
slightly bruised.
Sam shccter, a negro from Fort
Wayne, Ind, narrowly escaped being
lynclled at Otsego, Mich, today. He
is n Of a gang that has tcrrorized
this vicinity by a series Of robhcries
and other crimes for ten days past.
Last night he robbed Mrs. II. Smith
and tried to assault her.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
sponres.

Large areas of water along the coast
of Florida, in the Gulf Of Mexico, are
devoted to this novel and, 1t. is said,
profitable industry. Sponge farms be-
came necessary because Of the posi-
BILE exhaustion of the natural fisheries;
cultivated sponges are also superior
and easily accessible. The only prep
aration necessary for a farm is the
dropping of rocks and stones into the
water for the sponges to fasten to,
and to build. a lagoon to prevent the
seed. from being carried out to sea. In
the autumn various varieties Of
sponges, including the maze and fe.
male cells, are secured and kept in
pounds" which develop during the
winter. In the spring they are lib
Grated and soon fasten to the rocks.
The sponge grows slowly and is gen
orally pulled at the end of the third
year, the smaller sizes being left for
seed. Sponges are worth from $1.5O
IN go nor nOund.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
SEVEN LIVES LOST.
RESULT OF THE Overlooking OF
A SMALL PLEASURE BOAT.
Nine Persons, Four of Them Being
Members of One Family, Are
Thrown Into the Water by the
Boat CapsfzfDR, Nnd All but Two
Are Drowned.

Ocean City, Nd, Aug. 20.--By the
Overlooking of u small pleasure boat
an entire family. was drowned and
two other families are in mourning. A
party of farmers from the neighbor-
hood of Frankfort and Selbyville, Del,
had a fish fry on Grey's Greek, a small
branch Of the Isle Of Wight Bay, with
bathing, fishing and other amusements.
William Hudson carried a party Of
nine out, sailing, and as the boat was
about to come back, the women OF the
party jumped, screaming, on the high
side, capslzing the little craft, which
was hardly large enough to carry live
persons.
The following seven were drowned:
William Storr, aged 45 years. Philadel-
phia:. Laura Storr, his wife, aged 35,
and his daughters Ida, aged IL, and
May, aged IA; Myrtle Stevens, aged L.,
Il daughter OF Joshua Stevens OF Sci
byville; Lima Hall, aged -, and her
. sister Lulu, aged IA, daughters of Eli,
sha Hall OF neal Frankford.
The capsiZing occurred within 200
yards OF the shore and in waller seven
feet deep. Mr.. Storr had only one
hand and IA blind in Il eye, but he
was IN expert swimmer. He succeed
ed in getting his two daughters on the
bottom of the boat, and was getting
his wife, when the girls became scarce
and slipped off of the boat and went
to their parents, and together the four
persisted. Hudson, who was sailing
the boat, got the two Hall girls on the
boat, and was trying to save Miss
Stevens, when they slipped off and
were drowned before he could get to
them. Two other young ladies who
were in the boat were rescued by a
fisherman who put off from the shore
when the boat capsized.
The Storrs family lived in Philadel-
phia. Mr.. Storrs vas married in this
neighborhood, and yearly brought his
family down for a w weeks outing.
They were very fond of aquatic sports
and spent most Q9stheir time boating
and fishing. -
Hudson, the skipper, protested to
Mr.. Storrs against The party crowding
into his small boat which could only
Storrs answered. "Oh, there is no dan
ger. The water is shallow; we are
close to shore, and the wind Is light"
The bodies. when recovered by the
searching parties, presented u horrible
sight, particularly that Of Mrs. Storrs.
Crabs had eaten the flesh from her
face, exposing her teeth and ven the
roots of her tongue. The ends of the
fingers of all had been eaten away,
and their eyes had disappeared. Be-
fore entering the boat, Mrs. Storrs
took her husbands gold watch, owe
500 in money. and their rings and
other valuables and tied them in her
apron. She was tightly clutching the
bundle in death.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
Thc Mantel Shelf.

Severe simplicity, the decorators say,
should rule the mantel shelf, one or
two good pieces Of bric-a-5rac being
sufficient. What can one do, however,
with the monstrosity Of the towering
cabinet mantcl. with it's places ar
ranged like inches in a m%ausoleum,
n above the other; if any is vacant
it has the air of waiting for its coffin
and II all are full it looks like a shop
display. Another dictum from the pro-
fessional decorator is that royal Wor-
ccster and other bowls and vases Of
china are no longer fashionable. A
Bohemian bowl, a dozen photographs,
eXQuisitely framed, and a pair of can
delabra are in good taste for parlor
ornaments.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
Tried to Save His Child.

'Elgin, ILL.,, Aug. 20.-Frank Kasear
and his ~4-year-old daughter Silvia
were burned to death in a fire which
destroyed their residence and several
other buildings at Algonquin, a small
village near here early this morning.
The fire started in Kasear's house.
When aroused, Kasear managed to get
his wife and two Of his children out
safely, but before he could reach little
Silvia a portion of the floor fell In,
carrying the child down. kasear was
crazed with grief, and resisted the ef-
forts of neighbors to drag him from
the burning house, clingfng to the
door frame until the roof fell in, bury
ing him in the blazing mass.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
south Dakota BUSTERS.

Managua, Aug. 2O.-A South Dakota
company, represented by w. j. Lash
er. completed on July 10 q contract
with the government of Nicaragua to
run under N%icaragua's flag a suitable
steamship, bi-monthly, along the Car
lihean %seacoast of Nicaragua, entering
all the navigable rivers and carrying
the mails free, also carrying free and
feeding at least 25 Nicaraguan SOL
diers each trip, or that equivalent,
when requested to do SO by the Mica
rnguan government. The contract IL
to run for twenty years, and the South
Dakota company is to receive 62,500
acres Of land.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
His Excuae.

What! supper not ready yct!!' cx.
claimed the emancipated woman, as
she threw off her overcoat after u
long days business.
I'm very sorry, dear" replied her
husband: but there was a bargain
sale at Chintz & Chally's this after
noon, and there was such a crowd Of
men there ! found it difficult to get
what wanted, and that delayed me-"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
The easy, safe and certain protec-

The easy, safe and certain protec-
ton Of our bread, biscuit and cake
from oil danger Of EMBELLISHMENTS
is in the use of the Royal Baking Pow
der only. This powder is mentioned
because Of the innumerable reports in
its favor by high medical authorities,
by the U. S. Government, and by the
official chemists and Boards Of Health,
which leave no doubt as to it's entire
freedom from alum, lime, and ammo
mia, it's absolute purity and whole
someness. While it's use is thus a
safeguard against the poisonous alum
powders, it is satisfactory at the same
time to know that owing to it's greater
strength it is more economical.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24

OF the Spanish Inquisition never inflicted
tortures more dreadful than those endured
by the victim OF infammatory rheumatism.
The chronic form Of this obstinate muIady
is sufficiently painful. Arrest 1t ut the
start with Hostettcr's Stomach Bilters and
avoid becoming Il lifelong martyr. The
Bitters will remove malaria and kidney
complaints, dyspepsia, constipation. ner.
vousncss and neuralgia. remedy debility
and hastcns conyalescence.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
He In.ulted a Lady.

Detroit, Mich, Aug. D.-John stah-
erson died early this morning as the
result of a blow on the head which
fractured his skull. Stafferson. who
was drunk, made some insulting re-
to an unknown man who was
passing with a lady. he stranger
knocked Stafferson down, and 1t Is be-
lieved his head struck the curbstone,
ipficting the fatal wound.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24

IA In baking powders it is safer to use
the Royal only, an article that many
years experience has proved most EN-
cient, and which has been ofhciaily
demonstrated pure and wholesome.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
An Unauthorized Call.

Friend-l understand that the PEG.
pie Of RoOmtOwn are anxious to have
you take charge of their new church,
Popular Preacher-Y-c-s, there has
been some talk about 1t, but I'm not
going.
Don't you think the Lord is calling
you to this new ficld!"
ooh. no. If He We're. He would put
it in their hearts to offer me Il bigger
salary.'-New York Weekly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
RIOT IN A CHURCH.

One Faction Attempt. to Break Up
the Services.
st. Joseph, Mo-, Aug. 21.-There was
a riot at st. Peter and st. Paul's Cath
Ollie church. on Messanic street, last
evening. and as a result one man was
fatally injured and six others badly
used up, the injuries of two being
serious. There is a faction Of the
church opposed to the priest. and these
men attempted to break up the service.
Several arrests have been made.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
SUNK Durinr = STORM,

Newburyport, Mass, Aug. 20.-The
sloop Jumbo. Of Rockport, while in
port here to-day, filed with water and
sank during a storm and Capt. Ste
phen Orr and George WEIGH were both
drowned. They lived at Rockport.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
TuOacco- visited N,ryes.

Millions Of men Ec"T asking Ter siimulants
ne.uIs &c .Ee nersoms ~ s'cn1 ~ ioneann.as III,
destroys manhood and nerve power. It's not q
habit, but a disease. and you will find q guar
| HOOK tree. Addr, SIS the Sterling
Remedy Co., New York City or Chicago.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
Not Disturbed.

Tom-Didn't the encore nnervo
Miss Twitter?
Jess-Not q bit; she's used to having
the neighbors pound on the floor when
she sings.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24

The. United States Government
| Chemist. after an examination for the
Indian Department, made the emphat-
ic statement that "The Royal Baking
Powder; is the purest in quality and
highest in strength of any baking pow
der of which I have knowledge"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
Not Quite Full.

Parker would join the church it it
wasn't full of hypocrites.
Tucker-Oh, you're mistaken about
that. There's always room for one
more.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
Shot Her Husband.

DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. luxurious with
jealousy, Mrs. Thomas Holman shot
her husband through the heart this
afternoon. He fell dead without say
Ing a word. The woman was arrested
and IL now In jail.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
A Cause for Thought.

Caught-I'vc been bordering over a
very singular thing.
Bache-What is it?
Caught-lIow putting a ring on a
woman's third finger should place you
Under that wonlan's thumb.-EX-
change.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
Storm at pittsburs.

7ittsburg, Aug. 2O.-This city was
swept by a heavy rain storm to-day
that did considerable damage. Several
buildings were blown down and tele-
graph and telephone wires seriously
i%nterfered with.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
vow Unconscious.

FAKE Minnewaska, N. Y, Aug. 20
Ex-Justice Strong has had a stroke Of
paralysis, which affects the left side Of
Ills body. He has also had q relapse
Of the catarrhal fever, Is very weak
and at present unconscious.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
Curing Himself b, Degrees.

Wlipplcigh-I'm trying to cure my
self OF the cigarette habit by smoking
a pipe.
Krictlcigh-IIow are you getting
along:
Notwithstanding. Tapcring
off in great style. only iii The
bowl two-thirds paper to one-third to-
Dacco now.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
Church and State.

Plattsburg, N. Y, Aug. 2O.-The 4th
annual session of the Catholic summer
school closed last evening, when Rev.
John S. Bedford of Brooklyn delivered
tie sermon, his subject being THE
Church and the Republic"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
To Cleanse tho sxstem

Enectually yet gently, when costive OF
bilious, or when the blood is impure or
sluggish, to permanently cure habitual
constipation, O awaken the kidneys and
liver to q healthy activity. without ir-
ritating or weakening them, to dispel
headaches, colds or fevers use Syrup of
Figs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24

The japanese method Of lacqucring Is
said to be at least 1900 years old. Pieces
made ten centuries ago are still exhibited.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24

BY the estimate of the eleventh census
enumerators there were. in 1889, 500.
125, 567 gallons of milk yielded by our COWS.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24

Motherswno have used Parkcr'sGinger tonic
for years insist that 1t benefits more :han other medi-
cines; every form OF distress and weakness yield toit
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24

We have not been without Piso's Cure FOR
Consumption for 20 years.-Lizzie Ferrel.
Camp street, Harrisburg, Pa, May 4, "a.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24

Two years are required for the gulf water
to travel from Florida to the coast of Nor
way.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24

The peach blossom has been selected by
vote Of the school children OF Delaware as
the floral emblem of the state.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24
to Ssh per POM

Mr.. Thompson Streete Tin a furious,
low whisper)-Dog-gone cur luck!
MI. Blades lin a hoarse Whisper
Whad's up?
Mr.. Thompson streete-Our game
am IN. Gaze on dem paws OATS COW
erin up our marked kyards.-Judge.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24

Nerve i;es,arrr s'oHre IN, ire, e. RI n ,r i ,r:. II nr rsn o,, ' : u."l
Marvellous cures. Treatise AMI I" trraltOtil.fr IRE, /,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-08-24

IF the Bsby is Cutting Teeth
Be sure and use that old and weii,tricd remedy, MRs
WIxsLow's SOOTHING sYRUp for Children Teething.