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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05
CnttfAl,

The Thin .onev!4'd just like to see
'onc ofsthosc. bicycle tiends dare. to
run over me.
The Plump One-NO fear Of that.
dear. There would be too much risk
Of %punctured tire.-Indianapolis
aJ6urnal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05
An Assurnnce

."Yqu,re not going. to publish. every
thing. i. soy; are you:" said Senator
Sorghum anAionsly:
"No,v replied the reporter; 81 would
not think: Of 1t. If. I::were to Let. some
of that summarizes English get into
tie paper I'd lose. my position before
sunset Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05
On tn. Side street

Harlcm-IIpw are things with you.
old man?
Kilby-Dull. thank heaven?
Harlcm-Why SO:
Kilby-Thc dullcr things are" with
me the better. Pm a scissor grinder.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05

Heavy creditors Of the Union Pa
clfic seek to have it's business admin
istered. as . trust fund BY the federal
courts.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05
George Took the Tint.

:'si,ha.t makes thirteen et1hlcs I've
Kissed YOU. darling he said. as he put
,pn' his bat in the doorway at. II p. IN.
:. !aD::. George! thirteen. is III. unlucky
M a,brr."-.sh answered thoughtfully.
&DGl.roit Free Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05

Caspni" Corker-Gfcat Kirk: over this
'ytrc tappin' water mainsSiin't dey:
...Johli Dcadbcat-I d.:1tE. so.
..ensrer Corkcr-Might .1.ink some
body .%:a.:rappcd brcwcry!-Chicago
Record.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05

There is plcssu,4 and profit
and no small SUBTRACTION lip dbating troublesome
and painful ills y using arta'rt Ginger Tonic.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05

After physlaApnss:had given INC up. l was
savcd by Pis0's. GArc.-Ralph Ericg, Will
iamsport, Pa. Nov. by 1874.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05
Whcn Onc,s Wifc in AwnX.E:

1t Is so
that We wonder so many will endure them. Get
Hindcrcorns and see how nicely it takes tiH&pre1. ),
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05
tsSA.I..

The fair Eosamond was an English
blonde, with fair hair and blue or light
gray eyes.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05

FITS -Ai.f it> stopped frech v DR.. Il lines Great
Nerve RcstOrcr.- h"Eiis:litcr TIE nisl,,ay y u.a.
Marvellous cures. Treatise ard S:,ir'ai ln,tl" ire, /,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05
A Morning Scare

= Mrs Binss, Shaking her sleeping
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. quick. SONIC
thing, is Wry2ns.E.Apm afraid the house
Mr.: Bings-Eh? What?
Mrs. Bings-Something is wrong. It
is only 6 O'Clock. and the girl is lip
ard down stataaANew York Weekly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05
At the Literary Club

Goes Cough AalsaIn
Is the oldest and best. 1t will break mp n Cold quickee
hanaanythins else. 1t is always reliable. Try 1t.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05
frn:Infcrence.

Only Srn.Infcrence.
DR.. ThirdlSys&ssurely Henry Peck did
not say he wished his wife was deaA2
!. Nder Berry--No:o; he said he would
.ove to. give. the; church. q rev nue.
mortal &indow.st":,. ....
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05
Mr., LIgeQESDQNN
BULL:isTiMPs .:ARbUND IN.
49, CHINA'S: LE4s 0NT: YARD....
The vieeroy. Reaponsii,lt for. the
= s1e:' ChGn n: Riots rs .neErnacd,.
>" Being .Remoyed::Fnom ef!ice,
: .'-* AH,plm::
rHnEAT&oEA .pEuoNsrnA r1oN'
'Is' what Called. ont:tRe Royal Edict,
THUS Cooking. .tle"Goose Of
MR. LII. ,:.. -

washington, Ilcf. sAtlniStcr Den
by cabled.' to: the states: department
FROM. Pekiir today. as follows.
'ImpeEjal- decree Issued. .Ahstract:;'
Responsibility for SEE .Chiah riots.
rests with officials Viceroy: Lib care
less. took no notice Of the: .besfthhg.
Of the riots. He is deprived of office:
never to be employed. Other officials
to be punished" .'.'." ..
crisis impending in China. inH6iving
a naval demonstration. ~ tss:Bsstish
forces, has been aterted,, for a tIM4e.at'
least, by a compliance Wifi tile pTipcj-,
pal demands of thye, :Britasli.s'1 can
not be learned whether. the decree t0f-
cedes all of the DEMANDS made, and
the cablegram makes nj reference to
the sweeping. conditions imposed by
the British minister, that the guilty
officials be punished by suspension for
three years on all promotions and ap-
.pointments III the civil service in the
Province of Size Chuan.
&Viceroy Flu. whose fall is an
bounced, has been in trouble before.
1T is understood that he was fol.sE
guilty lasENovember of misappropria-
ton Of funds. and later on because
tho ehd ADMINISTRATIONS showed that
,hs; was responsible for the Cheng Tu
He was obliged to pay, an in
demnity :.of:: SS0O,OOO to the French
Catholic missionssfrom his own peck
ct. .The'present: conclusion. which: has
rAeen brought about apparently by
British threats. will not involve: the
ahaEdonment of the independent Aip-
v~estfssa:t1oq into the :Cheng' I'll riots
.which.AAS' been ordered by Secretary
'OlncX.. Vaicle has been u change in
the p~ersopn&f$of' tile commission, and
xGsnfnandef Barber, the naval attache
hwflo' has fallen i'll. has been relieved
from duty as a commissioner by Lieu
tenant Commander John p. Merrill,
executive officer Of the United States
.steatner Baltimore: .....
The .Asidtic "%'squadrGn, which has
been concentrated. at Chez Foo, has
dispersed. The flagship Baltimore has
gone to Nagasaki. flie Yorktown to-
Chemulpo and the: Concord to Shapg-
thai. y.",+ ..
London, 0et. special dispatch
Butler, with foArteanisssliips belonging
to tAs, Rrftisif1 ffeSt. lin Chinese waters,
will Proceed. on jAN!ndiesday'to Nankin
and. Present the yicesog OF that place
with Important dispatches. The Of
~'ticials, of the. foreign. office to-day an
;swereds duestions on the subject, and
stated that a decree had already been
published in the Pekin official gazette.
ordering. the %vfceroy of. SEE Chuen. to.
:be stripped of his rank for failing to
I,rotGot the missionaries in his district,
and aS.a. warning to others it is fur
ther directed that he shall not again
he permitted to take office. The de
cree also denounced the offending Of
ficial's subordinate for failing to take
proper action in the emergency. 80.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05

"Hanson's Magic Corn Salve."
Warranted to cure or money refunded. ASK your
druggist for 1t. Price Is ccnts.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05
A Valuable, Men,bcr

A Valuable Member.
'DcIlammc-That baseball player
you look on last week any good: .
Barnes TOrmer-Ycs. indeed. He
every egg that is thrown ut US.
indianapolis Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05
The In.fdiou. bargain.

:.Watts-I hear you are going to send
your wife to the country for her
health.
potts-Yes. / have to. She hasn't
had Il we'll day since the dry goods
stores took to selling patent medi-
.cines at bargain rates.-lndianapolis
Journal. .
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05
II tho Babv is Cutting Teeth.
WlfclY SOllclluIe

De sure and use that old and weli-tricd remedy, Nj
VERSIONS SOOTHING SYRUP for Children TecthinR.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1895-10-05

= e.. which dig: not, impre7sesinattefs.
Then a talk wtfh.yIpheEensR,s which,
made them astill worse. He lost. dta
temper, forbade 'tke. young man his
house, offended the young lady, and
made thi4gsayery uncomfortable for
everybodSiAcddfhg himself. IL.
,..df :weuldL not meet her lovef clandes-
timely, so they dfd not meet at all. He
wrote, Us her, and she took the' note,
unopened, to her mother. That dear
lady burned IL tRtAhss, fire without read.
ing.ttseo that some foolhshliess. and
tende1hess; land. poetry were lost tn
even that small bit.of the. world which
otherw43 wQqld have been senlighf
ened by1t, az, 80,
If wept ssoase;; stsied to be cheerful.
but. did not succeed. She then con.
..ciIlded 3plsacrtice herself to her faith
.cr'E w6ffAllySg1dgment, and succeeded
at that, though she grew thinner and
lost her tivacity-which made Spencer
angry at the poor young fellow >who,
was the cause of all this trouble.
Ffe .y9ung man did npt enjoy the
situation; but he was not a fool; ard
the practical side Of life, he knew;
-rmst have attention, 1t would be.
much better, ha thought, IT, thespeD.
and women of the world could live on
a higher plane than the one wherein.
bread and butter and clothing. fire.
and shelter r required. But the 70
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-07
The Ret Was OFF.

Reading your fish stories the other day
reminds mo of good one l once heard in
England, said Charles Cootc, the come
dian. Il was playing on one of the pro
vincial circuits, and happening into ban
for n mug of half and half after the per
formance l heard this story from two COS
tiers. l will not attempt to give it in theil
dialect, because you could not produce il
in print, the popularity being in the In.
tonation rather than in the spelling of the
words.
"It appears that the two costers hat
made bet of half sovereign and thu
drinks as to which could catch the most
fish. Accordingly, with the drinks before
hand, they had repaired to the river ant
thrown in their lines They sat there fol
something like four or five hours without
either of them getting even bite. Finally
one of them imagined he felt nibblc ~
his hook, and in his excitement he fell in
to the river.
Bets Off shouted the other coster
It's no fair divin for 'emr
1.-THE barmaid held stakes, and it was
their explanation of the case to her which
l overheard and afterward made hi
with. "-Washington Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-07
No Mo- Ashes.

There was an old colored man pushing d
whitewash cart along Brush street the
other afternoon when a woman opened a
chamber window and called to him:
Hey, you! Do you want a job?"
"What sort Of a job, mump" he asked rs
he stood at the gate.
Carrying ashes out of the cellar"
VERY sorry, mum, but 1 couldn't do
dat job. 1 used to be in de ashes bizness,
but I'ze dun quit it. If it was whitewash-
in or beatin Ca pet, I'd be right ON hand,
but doan' tech ashes no mo-
whats the matter with ashes?''
"Heaps de mattah, mum. Last job l
worked on found three knives, five TO ks,
seben spoons, two towles an u dollar in
cash in do ash heap, an what yo' dun
s'pose de jedge gimmdSur it?''
Il don't understand" she said
'Why a policeman took me into cot, an
de jedge gimme three months in jail"
"Ho must have thought you stole the
things"
''Sartinly, mum, sartinly, an OATS why
say dat OWN to de suspishus ocoupashup
of dc suspected suspishun I'ze heaharter
gwine to hold myself right down to white
washin an a'pets. Detroit Free Press.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-07
His Sentence.

The following remarkable Judgment was
delivered some years ago by a magistrate
in one of the English colonies:
"Pachua is hereby charged with having
ON the 18th of January followed the court
on its rising, and while said court was in
the act Of mounting into its buggy came
from behind, and Selling the courts dan
Cling leg, the other foot being on the step,
forcibly pulled back the court, frightened
the horse and nearly caused an accident.
The reason alleged for this by accused is
that he wanted to hear the result of an ap-
plication of his. The practice by petition
ers of pulling the courts by the legs is one
that should be discouraged. Accused only
says he is u poor man, admitting the truth
of the complaint. He is sentenced to one
months rigorous Imprisonment"
Strange to relate, the lieutenant govern
Or Of tho province, on reading this sen
tenco, felt it necessary to intimate to the
magistrate that neither the sentence itself
nor the peculiar phraseology in which it
was couchod was calculated to meet with
approval from minds running in legal
groovos.-Youth's Companion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-07

There are a thousand ways by which q
housemistress may prove the homoly old
saying that woman can throw ont with
spoon faster than man can throw in
with a shovel and thousand other ways
by which she can prove herself able to use
her metaphorical spoon to greater advan-
tage. The first type Of woman leaves the
drafts of her kitchen stove open and keeps
the fire going at full blast when there is
no need of it; the second closes the drafts
and hampers and plans to make the fire
do as much as possible at one time. The
first throws away what with q little trou-
BILE could be made into 'drippings" which
would serve in cooking as well and often
better than butter; the second not only
makes the drippings, but turns her sheets
and tablecloths as soon as they begin to
grow thin in the middle and cuts up still
older tablccioths into everyday napkins
The first woman uses one broom for tho
parlor carpet, the cellar and the sidewalk
the second has three grades of brooms and
greatly prolongs the term of service of each
thereby. And the same rule applies to her
own gloves, boots and general wearing ap-
parel. Louis Republic.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-07
Romance,


A physician once said, st does not SC
much matter what we eat as how we eat
1t" While this is only partly true, it GER
tainly is true that most healthful food,
hurriedly eaten and Immediately followed
by work which engages the entire availa-
bic physical and mental forces, is much
worse than a meal of poor food, or what is
usually termed indigestible food, which is
eaten leisurely and followed by an interval
of rest. While the quality and quantity
of foods have much to do with health, the
manner of eating has quite as much, If not
more, to do with keeping up the tone OF
the system to a natural, healthful point.
All meals, but especially dinner, should
be followed by short rest. A short rest
will keep the tone Of the body better dur
ing the day, and it is always best to BIZ on
the safe side. After supper there should
DO not work, but recreation Jour.
nal of Health.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-07
Artistic K0ys.

Keys, in our own day, have not only
lost their former beauty, but are fast los
ing their significance as well. With the
adoption of patent contrivaIA.ps and strong
box combinations, the ls1ole tribe of
portable keys threatens to become us ex-
tinct as tirling pins, finder boxes and
warming pans. One Of the most curious
is that of the unfortunate Mary, queen of
Scots, which had, in addition, a rather Gu
rious history after it left the hands of its
royal owner. 1t is said to have passed into
the possession, successfully, of the late
Duke of York, nurse, a physician, a
locksmith and an Edinburgh architect be-
fore its origin was known-the cipher
Marie" being very intricate, although
the thistle, joined with the crown of
France, might have given some clew to its
possessor. -Cassells Magazine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-07

Governor Clcaves, In the appointment
Of Col. A. B. Farnham, has given the
county Of Penobscot most worthy sue
cessor to Sheriff Reed. The writer has
known Col, Farnham for many years, and
can bear cheerful testimony to his sterling
character, and marked executive abilities.
Col Farnham is thoroughly familiar with
the duties Of the position having served
the county one term as its sheriff to tbs
entire satisfaction of its citizens. The
appointment will everywhere be regarded
as . strong one, affording a very happy
outcome Of n contest that was full of per.
plexities. and, at one time, bid fair to en-
gender considerable feeling
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-07
OLD scARLETT'S BURIAL PLACE.
In Peterborough Cathedral, of Which Ho
Had Been Sexton Many Years.


If the visitor to Peterborough cathedral
enters the building through the famous
west entrance, which has so Often and
with good reason, been called the most
magnificent portico, not only in England,
but in all Europe, and turns abruptly to
the left, before proceeding down tho nave,
he will see upon the wall before him a
striking portrait and quaint inscription
which mark the burial place of old Scar
lett, under the floor of the cathedral, just
beneath.
The tombstone, set in tho floor, explains
as the inscription on the wall says that it
will, that he died in 1894, aged 9S years
His office, that of sexton of the cathedral
and the town, is indicated by the keys
which he carries and by the spade pickax
and skull beside him. A close cXamina-
ton of the picture shows a leathern whip
hanging from his belt, and it seems that
the reason for this was that one of the
duties of his Office was to look after truant
and naughty children. 1t is in connection
with this that he is described as having a
"scarebabe mighty voice." and It is inter
esting to note that this is the only record
of the use of the word "scarebabe" known
in the English language.
The statement that che has inferred
this towns householders in his life's space
twice over" does not mean that he resur
rected and reinterred them, but merely
that his own length of life, 9S years, was
SO great that he buried two generations Of
his neighbors. All this might have been
true of old Scarlett, though and he have
been forgotten long ago, were it not for
the fact referred to in the line "Ho had in
tered two queens within this space. !"
These were Katherine of Aragon, buried
here in 1885, and Mary, queen of Scots, in
1887. 1t was a strange chance which sent
for burial to this same church the bodies
of those two unhappy, foreign born queens,
perhaps the most pathetic figures in ali
English history
Queen Mary's mutilated body was
brought here as the nearest suitable
church to Fotheringay castle where she
was behcaded, only few miles distant
Her body lay here for about 25 years. I'M
til her son, then become James L of Eng
land, had it removed to Westminster Alb
hey. There still hangs, framed and glazed,
upon a pillar near the vault where she was
buried, the letter which King James sent
to the dean Of Peterborough, asking for
the removal Of the body.
The burial place of Queen Katherine is
unmarked except for q small brass plate in
the floor bearing her name. When King
Henry VIII was asked why he did not builG
her a suitable monument, he is said tc
have replied that he loft her the grandest
monument which ever woman had mean
ing the cathedral. which, in his war
against the Catholic churches, he spared
because she was buried there.-New York
Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-07
Cuba's Do Facto Government.

According to the New York Herald the
provincial delegates representing the
Cuban insurgent cause met at the head
quarters Of the insurgent army in Puerto
Principe, Sept. 90, and established dc
facto government in place OF the provin-
DIAL government Of Gen. Masso: formally
proclaimed the Independence of Cuba and
accepted the constitution. The following
is tho organization Of the new govern
ment:
President, Salvador Cisneror Of Puerto
Principe.
Vice President, Bartolome Masso of
Manzanillo.
Secretary of war, Carlos Roloff of Santa
Clara.
Assistant secretary of war, Mario Memo
cal Of Matanzas.
Secretary of foreign affairs, Rafael
Portuondo of Santiago de Cuba.
Assistant secretary of foreign affairs,
Fermin V. Dominguez of Havana.
Secretary of the treasury, Severa Pima
Of Sancti Splritus.
Assistant secretary OF the treasury,
Joaquin Castillo Of Santiago dc Cuba.
Secretary of the interior, Santiago J.
Saninares of Remedies
Assistant secretary of the Interior Car
los Dubois of Baracoa
General chief, Maxine Gomez
Acknowledgement, Antonio Macec.
This despatch asserts that the new
government gives general satisfaction to
insurgents throughout the island, and the
provinces represented are Santa Clara,
Santiago, Havana, Puerto Principe and
Matanzas. The dispatch, however, leaves
In doubt the location of the capital of the
new government. While 1t now Is with
the headquarters Of the army, it car
scarcely be carried about like the com
missary department Puerto Principe i.
an inland province of about AZ, 900 popu
lation and "a It ia one which is almos,
wholly under the control of the insur
gents viii probably for the present bs IN,
insurgent capital. It remains tn he SEQ,
whether It can be defended AGAINST m,
Spanish army.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-07
The Kendals UItimatum.

An intimate friend of the Kendals SAYS
that it is absolutely certain, beyond the
peradventure Of a doubt, that this inter-
esting couple will never again return to
the United States. No matter what plays
may crop up, the Kendals will never come
back to America They are now making a
40 weeks tour of the English provinces,
and next year they will play farewell en-
gagement in London. After that they will
retire into private life, and they can live
comfortably ever ;fterward on their saw
inEA
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-07

Scientists assur that there ism one
chance in twenty millions of the approach
ing comet striking the earth and that all
the talk about 1t being responsible for the
September drouth or the beautiful Octo-
Der weather is the verlest bosb Neither
Is 1t to be presumed that the comet is
responsible for Maryland and Kentucky
Democrats getting hot under the collar
and wabbly in the knees
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-07

Many have thought that the sacrifice of
wealth and life In attempts to discover
the north pole was made in a poor cause.
But now that the superstition Is anoat,
that the garden OF Eden was at the north
pole years ago when the country was
young, and people hadn't begun to grow
up with it, and north pole zephyr
caressod as softly MS June ilowerct, there
is an Imperative demand that the north
pole BE- found and placed in the Smith.
sonian Institute.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-10-07
Long Time Between.

10, but still she was alone.
The Eskimo wife slept but fitfully, start
ing from troubled dream every two or
three weeks.
"Will he never Gomez"
Presently, however, she beard the ia
miliar football.
Thanked again." she groaned at is
hardly ten years since he was drunk be-
FORE
It was very late.
Tho gray dawn was already breaking,
and in less than month it would be
broad day.-Detroit Tribune.