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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-11-30

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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-11-30

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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-11-30

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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-11-30

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The United States civil service CON-
mission, will hold an examination.
commencing Dec. 10, in Washington,
Philadelphia, New York. Boston.
P%ittsburg, Chicago. Cincinnati. st.
Louis and New Orleans, to fill a
vacancy in the position of mechanical
draughtsman, in the offices of the
United States light house board.
Evening star., 1895-04-27
PARKS OF THE CITY
They Are Gradually Blooming Into
Places Of Beauty.
ASSUMING TIE GARMENTS OF SPRING
The Public Gardener Speaks Of
the Seasons Plans.
HOW THE WORK IS DONE

The public parks of Washington are the
pride Of it's citizens and the joy Of the
stranger within its gates. Their improve
nent did not cost a small fraction as much
as the Capitol and the other great public
buildings nor anything like much as the
paving of the streets and avenues, yet 1t
is a question as to which Of these three
marked characteristics of the capital city
is the most admired of visitors. To the
lover of the beautiful in nature, however,
the parks stand pre-eminent. No other
city in the world is so favored in this re-
spect. Other cities have larger and more
pletentious parks than Washington, but
none have so many and so advantageously
located for the benefit Of Its Inhabitants
The parks and reservations are small, but
they are numerous, and Col. J. NJ Wilson,
the engineer officer having them in charge
is doing all he can with the funds at his
disposal to make them as beautiful and at
tractive as possible.
In addition to their important relation
to the health and happiness of the citizens
they are also valuable agencies for the
promotion Of the study and love of arbori-
culture and Horticulture by citizens, as well
as by those vino come here from all over
the country.
Mr.. DoyniDg's Work.
The first practical steps for the improve
ment Of the parks Of Washington were
taken by Mr.. A. ]. Downing in 1851. That
celebrated landscape architect and gardener
devoted his main attention in that year to
the systematic improvement of the Smith
sc nian grounds. Up to that time there had
been but few extensive park improvements
in this country. and the success that at
tended his efforts in that direction had
mcst beneficial influence throughout the
country at large in the matter of landscape
gardening. Now many of our largest cities
have highly improved parks. which have
cost millions Of dollars. Mr.. Downing de-
Evening star., 1895-04-27

have your own bedding. There are no beds
in the country inns. You sleep on stone
floors, and everything is extremely dirty.
You will find it quite expensive 1t cost me
about 500 to go distance of less than 200
miles, and I had to pay all my bills in
Co1ean cash, 5000 Of which make an Amer
lean dollar. There is no danger from the
people, and outside of the discomforts the
travel is interesting.
The trip from Corea to China varies from
two to four days, provided you expect to
stop at Tientsin Tientsin contains about
1.ooo.OOo people. It has two good foreign
hotels, at which the rates are about % per
day, The trip from here to Pekin is made
in Chinese car or in house boat on the
Peiho river. You will have to take a
servant with you, and the trip will cost
from S25 to $50. There is good IS day
hotel in Pekin, and you can live very COM
fortably there. Travel will, however, be
very dangerous for some time to come. on
account of the war, and there is always
the possibility Of Chinese mob Travelling
in the interior is by no means desirable,
and the average American will confine his
visit OF the present year to Japan.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening star., 1895-04-27

est in eastern matters, and 1 am told that
more Americans will visit Asia this sum-
mer than ever before. For the past ten
years the travel to Japan has been in
creasing Last summer the seaport hotels
we're full Of American travellers. There
were fifteen people from Washington city
registered at the Grand Hotel during a
part of my stay in Yokohama, and you
could not number the Chicago guests on
your fingers and toes. AS far as travelling
for pleasure in Japan Is concerned. you
meet there two Americans to every other
foreigner, and this year our people will
cross the Pacific by the hundreds. 1 meet
every day men who tell me they are going
to Japan. Some are rich, and are going
for fun. Others are business men who are
planning such trips to investigate the
chances for investment and speculation In
ASIA / met two young mechanics yester-
day who said they were going to China TO
take advantage Of the manufacturing and
railroad movement which would probably
follow on the heels of this war. and big
coal operator told me this morning that he
was going out to look into the coal mines
Of Corea and China. / receive letters every
day asking me as to the cost Of trip over
Evening star., 1895-04-27

been maie smooth for public travel by
successive sprinklings and rolling by the
water carts and heavy steam rollers.
Acres of Flowers.
The planting of flowers will soon be be.
gun In order to add to the summer beauty
Of the parks, this work is usually done be.
tween the 1st of May and the last of June.
1t is an interesting fact, that the flower
beds of all our public parks comprise an
area OF seven acres, a space greater in exc
tent than Lafayette Park. This year these
beds will be supplied with nearly 100000
plants of over 200 kinds having varied
foliage and flowers These plants are all
propagated at the gardens south OF the
monument, where an hour may now be
spent most profitably in their inspection.
The various styles of flower bed nlant.
lngs, known as the carpet, the geometrical
the subtropical and the tropical bedding.
have each added their attractiveness to
our parks for many seasons. The so-called
carpet bedding styles have gone out of
fashion, not being considered sufficiently
attractive to compensate for the labor and
expense necessary to their creation and
maintenance. The geometrical style how.
ever, still retains its hold on popular favor.
The indications are that 1t will next 70
out OF vogue, and that subtropical ,ron.
ical and towering plants only will be used
IN summer flower bed paintings.
A new phase of the chrysanthemum crazo
is SHOWN In disposition to bed plants Of
this species freely for late autumn park
decorations. The mair difficulty in the ac-
complishment of this purpose is to get The
plants well in bloom before the early frosts
can blight them. About 10000 chrysanthe-
NUNS Rave been propagated under Mr.,
Browns supervision this season and they
will receive special attention with a view
OF forcing them into early bloom to dec.
crate the parks. His efforts in this direc.
ton will be watched with interest IL tho
method adopted Is successful as Is an.
ticipated. a much larger quantity of these
beautiful plants will be propagated next
year then has been the case.
The Succession of Flowers.
The chrysanthem paintings Will I've fol-
lowed by the bulb planting usually done in
this vicinity between the 10Th Of October
and the 1st Of November. There are about
10000 Of these for this season. chiefly hya.
cinths. tulips and crocuces Of many va.
rieties. These paintings usually bloom in
the spring months During good weather
in the winter and early spring trees and
shrubs are planted in the various parks
Worn out lawns are also resurfaced with
new sod, and large compost piles are made
for top dressing. Park settees. horse and
hand lawn mowers and a variety of tools
work. The busiest places Of all. however,
at the present time, are the many green
houses at the propagating gardens. They
form a veritablc hive Of industry in the
propagation and preparation Of an infinite
variety Of plants for the usual summer or.
namentation of the breathing places" Of
the stay-at-homes Of the capital city.
Evening star., 1895-04-27

any you will find in the world. Similar
hotels are to be found in all the large
cities. and the charges are about the same
everywhere. l paid $3.50 a day at the
Grand Hotel at Yokohama. At the I'M
perial Hotel in Tokyo paid S. day, and
in Kioto and Kobe my bill was about 81
per day. The first-class railroad accom-
modations cost less than they do in Amer
lea, and the cars are equally comfortable.
The hotels above referred to have suitable
accommodation for ladies. The service is
better than that you get In America, and the
cooking is up to the standard of our best
hotels. The rich traveller or the man who
would spend, say, from IS to $40 day in
gold can travel as luxuriously as he can
anywhere in Europe. The people are kind,
and there is no danger anywhere you go.
Travelling in China.
If you wish to extend your trip to China
and Corea, you can do it without a great
increase of expense. There are numbers of
good steamship lines going between Yo-
kohama and Shanghai, or you can travel
clear through to the western part Of Japan
and take steamer from Nagasaki. The
trip from Yokohama to China will cost you
s45 in silver by Japanese steamer. and
you can make the return trip for S6S. From
Nagasaki the round trip costs $50. From
Shanghai you can get boats to all parts Of
China, but If you are to make but a short
trip you will find plenty to see without go
ing outside of Shanghai A pleasant trip
IS to take one or the steamers which goes
up the Yangtse Kiang. 1t will take you a
week to go to Hankow, which is 700 miles
in the interior. The accommodations on the
steamers are good and you will live on the
ships. You will pass dozens Of big cities
on the way, and will get a good taste Of
interior China. The hotels in the ports of
China cost about the same as those of
Japan, and they are equally good. There is
no trouble about ladies being we'll ac-
commodated at the seaports, and the most
fastidious Of women will find comfortable
quarters.
A COrenn Trip.
Another way to go from Japan to China
Is to take q japanese steamship at Kobe
in the central part of the empire, for Tiea-
Tsin. This brings you very near Pekin
the great Chinese capital, and you stop on
the way at Fusan and Chemulpo, in Corea.
The round trip to China and return by this
rt ute costs s106 in silver, and is one of the
most profitable trips in the way of strange
find poor apology for hotel kept by a
Ckinaman, at Chemulpo. and if you visit
the Corean capital, which Is twenty-six
miles back in the Interior you will have to
have letters of introduction to .he mission
aries, or to the American minister rs there
is no hotel there where a foreigner can
stop over night. You will be carried in
to Seoul, the capital and you will have to
be careful to time your trip SO as to get
there before nightfall. The city gates are
closed at dusk, and travellers who arrive
after this have to remain outside the walls
until morning. Travelling in Corea must be
done in chairs or on ponies. You must
take your food with you, and you ought to
Evening star., 1895-04-27
A TRICK OF THE sen.
He Might Have known She Had Used
1t.

He Might Have Known She Had Used
1t.
From the Philadelphia Press.
The women who sharpen lead pencils and
open fruit cans with their husbands razors
have passed into profane history and new
phase of feminine wickedness of the same
order has been recently discovered:
What do you think?" asked the man-on-
the-corner 1--WE caught my wife In the
meanest trick you ever heard of: You
know 1 shave myself; well, all winter 1
have noticed that my fine shaving brush-a
very expensive orreI,has had dinsy @ look
couldn't understand It, and merely decided
that must be prehistoric man, and that
nv earthly formation was oozing out
through my pores. The brush looked so
lady the other day, however, that grum-
bled more than usual
HAS anybody Dsen using my shaving
brush to paint the house with"' 1 asked
my wife.
mo she answered meekly, but have
been using it all winter to wash the dust
off my house plants-it is SO nice and
soft"
Evening star., 1895-04-27
Not Like Other Men.

From Life.
she-papas chief objection is that we
could hardly get along on your small
salary"
HcEBut 1 have splendid digestion. and
am perfectly willing you should do the
cooking.
Evening star., 1895-04-27

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Evening star., 1895-04-27
ASIATIC TRAVEL
The Cost of a Trip to China and
Japan.
THREE MONTHS IN ASIA FOR $1,000
A Trip to Corea and a Journey to
China.
THE n A TIV E 81 0 T Ell 5
THREE MONTHS IN ASIA FOR $1,000
THE n ATIV E 81 0 T Ell S
(copyrichted, 1895, by Frank G. Carpenter)

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of Illinois and sew
eral other Repre-
sentatives expect to
leave within a week
or so for Japan.
They will spend the
summer in Asia, and
will return by the
opening of the next
congressional session
to the United States.
The war between
China and japan has
created a great inter
Evening star., 1895-04-27
A Sufficient Reason.

From Truth.
What drove Banker to the wall SO sud
denly? 1 thought he was as solid as a
rock"
He was until they changed books at the
school hie children attend"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-15

Louis, but grew worse and was fouus.
in q dying condition in his berth in a
Pullman car.
Isaac P. Gray was born in the Ches-
ter county town of bennington, Pa.
He was only lad of 8 years when
his parents, John and Hanna Gray,
moved to Ohio, finally settling down
for life in Madison, Darke county.
Hero their son Isaac spent his boy
hood, youth and portion of his
manhood until 1855, when he located
at Union City, Ind. Before going to
Union City he had married Miss
Eliza Jaqua, few years his jun or,
and the daughter of Judson and
Lucinda Jaqua, who ed near
New Madison, Ohio. T rs were
born to them--Pierre A~yard S.
Gray.
From 1868 to 1879 he represe nted
his county in the state senate. In
1875 he was elected lieutenant COVER
nor on the same ticket with ''Blue
Jeans" W illiams, who was the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor and
who defeated ex-President Harrison,
who was his opponent on the Republi-
can ticket. Governor Williams lacked
month or two of filling out his
term, when he died, and Lieutenant
Governor Gray succeeded him. In
1901 40 WAS ING b9nOCI4B1O
candidate for governor. This was
the famous Cleveland and Hend-
riclks campaign. Indiana never
had such a shaking up, from the
lake to the river and from the Ohio
state line to that of Illinois, as it re-
ceived that year. Hendricks, Voor-
hees, Mcdonald, Gray and countless
other Democrats spoke almost daily
for many weeks, and Republicans
equally prominent led the canvass in
opposition. It was not an infrequent
occurrence for Hendricks, who was
then apparently at his best, to ira
verse daily long sections of the state
addressing his audiences from the
rear platform OF railway car. Gray
was one of the most active, energetic
canvassers of that memorable year.
His opponent was Major w. II. Calk-
ms.
When the campaign ended and the
votes were counted, it was recorded
that Gray for governor had run ahead
of presidential ticket, Cleveland and
Hendricks. They received a majority
over Blaine and Logan of 6,512 votes,
while Gray beat his opponent Calkins,
1882. He served his term as governor,
and after that resumed the practice
of law in Indianapolis.
During the war, Governor GRAY was
pronounced friend and advocate of
the union. He received his military
title, that of colonel, from being the
commander of the Fourth Indiana
cavalry. He led his command to the
field, but. his health failing. he was
obliged to resign and return home.
When he had recovered he recruited
a regiment of infantry, the One Hum
bred and Forty seventh Indiana, and
would doubtless have returned to the
field had his health permitted.
At the last Democratic national
convention he was one of the promi-
nent candidates for the presidential
nomination. He was apo nted min
lister to Mexico by President Cleve-
land
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-15
SEVEN suNFLowER cAPIToLs.
The Kansas Prairie Schooner of State Ha
Moved About . Great Deal.

The Kansas Prairie Schooner Of State Has
Moved About Great Deal.
Kansas recently celebrated the thirty
fourth anniversary of her admission to
the Union as a state. During her exist
ence as territory and state the great
commonwealth has had seven capitols
The first was in Pawnee, and the capitol
building is still standing, but it looks
as though cyclone had been toying
with it. Pawnee was one Of the first
boom towns of the Sunfower State. A.
II. Reeder, who was governor of the
territory in 1854, was interested in
land in the vicinity of Pawnee and in
timated to the small population that if
a building were ready the first terri
torial legislature would meet there in
July The building was quickly con-
structed of Geary county stone and was
so feet wide. so feet long and two sto-
ries high. The legislature met in Paw
nee, as the governor had predicted, but
its members did not favor Pawnee's
claims for the honor. They refused to
patronize the numerous boarding houses
built for their use and lived in the prai-
RE schooners in which they had come.
One of the first things the legislature
did was to pass a resolution providing
for the removal of the seat of territorial
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-15
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.
The House Votes for Paeifc Railroad
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Proceedings

The House Votes for Paeidc Railroad
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Proceedings
JEFFERSON CRY. Mo-. Feb. 15.-The
separators of the agricultural school
from the university won the first
point yesterday. Not only was
Murray's bill ordered to engrossment
but Moran's amendment to strike out
the appropriation clause, thereby
killing the bill. was lost by a vote of
81 to SO. 1t is conceded by the fight
ers of the bill that their cause is as
good as lost. and the measure will
pass the house.
The house voted to instruct Mis-
souri, senators and represen tatives to
vote for measures to have the govern
ment mortgage on the Union Pacific
for S7S, 000,00O foreclosed. The mat
ter came up in. the form of
resolution from Julian of Kansas
City. Prominent Republicans like
Boutwell, and Moran opposed the
adoption of the measure. The De mo-
Gratis voted almost unanimously n
favor of its adoption. The vote stood
yeas, 20; nays, A.
Carroll of St Louis city introduced
bill of considerable interest to mine
owners. It provides that all wages
United States and not by certificates,
as is the present custom of many of
the large mine owners.
Mcintyre of Audrian brought for
ward bill giving to juries in cases
of murder of the first degree the
right to place the punishment at
either death or ninety-nine years in
the penitentiary.
The senate engrossed Lyman bill
providing for the appointment of a
board of expert medical examiners
of three to pass upon all applicants
to the state insane asylums.
In the senate a bill was introduced
that may play a most important part
in criminal cases where insanity is
claimed by the defense. The bill is:
An act to prescribe a course of pro-
cedure when the plea of insanity is
interposed in persons charged with
crime; to authorize the appointment
of experts to examine such persons
and to define the courts duty upon
receiving the report of such experts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-02-15
Thought he Was Invincible.

''I'm on to 'em bigger'n a house." he
chuckled as he halted at the front door of
the Fort street depot the other afternoon.
His remark was directed to a policemen,
and the of. GER looked him over and found
him to be a gray haired old man with two
satchels and look of triumph.
"You bet they don't gum game your
Uncle William with his eyes wide open, -
continued the man as grin covered his
face '"They might "a did it 80 year ago,
but not today, thank ye. !"
whats the NATTER" asked the officer
"Feller tried to hornswaggle your I'm
Gle William up the street. Sized me up for
a hayseed and worked a racket so years
old Thought all he had to do was to
throw out his hook and catch a sucker
what was the racket"
"Why, as I was walkin along a Teller
overtakes me and SEE dropped my wallet
I winks at him, but he seq he saw me drop
it. / winks again and tells him to keep
it fur his honesty. The game is as old
as the hills, you know. Teller expects you
are goin to pocket the calfskin and hand
him over $40 bill. Can't fool your I'm
Gle William on gum games.
"Have you felt to see II your wallet is
all safer" asked the officer.
s'Of course it's safe,'' replied the old
man as he dropped his satchel to search
his pockets. I'm not one of the kind
who goes around losin"-
whats the nnatter?'
"She's gonel''
"Your wallet?''
s'Yes-and over $40 in It'll I had it in
my hind pocket, and it must hev dropped
out. By gum, but that critter found it
sure's shootinl'
And you told him to keep it for his
honesty
"Durn my shucks, but I didI Your
Uncle William was went and gone and
gum gained himself out of 40 big dollars
and lot of papers wurth half a thousand
morel Watch them satchels. I'm off TO
look fur that man, and if don't come
back tell any inquirin friends to look fur
me in the idiot asylum. Detroit Free
Press