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The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22
Three Burned to neatb

Sheffield, Ohio, Dec. q. Mr.. and
Mrs. Aelo were awakened about 3
o'clock this morning by leighbors and
Informed that their house was in
flames. Both got out but went back
to rescue their grandchild, which lived
with them. The floors fell in and the
three DeriShed.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22
Fire In Duluth

Duluth, Dee. %. = The Davis block
burned early in the morning. 1t cost
$4,000. The building was completely
Quilted. 1t was owned by Grace b.
Cram of Marietta, Ohio, and was in
sured for $4,000 There was $4,000 in
surance on the stock
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

In New York they have sent man
TO Jail because he tried to get out Of a
theater where he oversight himself
when the audience dispersed. His pun
ishment serves to call attention to the
extreme dnllness of the plays that de-
light New York audiences and to New
Yorks activity in demonstrating to the
world that it is a wide-awake place.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

The sober second thought which
caused the German kaiser to address
the officers Of the Hanover military
school, to warn them not to allow the
uniform they wore to be cause of an
tagonism between citizens and them
selves, was evidently inspired by the
attitude of the reichstag on the AFRO
gance and brutality OF army men. The
Germans believe in their army. but
they have a spirit of sturdy independ-
ence. and will not be trodden upon
even by the men who wear the king 5
coat" If this fact has creed the
brain of the kaiser, it is an evidence
that he has Soma common sense. after
all
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

A Spanish paper refers to the people
of this country as "lardand-bacop gem
tlemen." The Castilian aristocracy will
never descend to trade as long as they
have rich colonies to plumber, but the
day is near when they will be forced
to engage in some honest vocation.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

A Kansas City woman who shot
twice at a man. explained that she did
not try to hit him. The first bullet
went through the lapel of his coat; this
corroborates her statement. But the
second one missed him by several
yards. which makes a pretty plain case
of attempted murder.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

The newest searchlight makes an OBJ
iect at sea visible eighty miles off in
clear night. Uncle Sam is keeping a
memorandum of the latest improve
lnents in the interest of peace and hon
est Americanism.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22
Druggist in Bad nusinexs.

Rome, Dec %. A dispatch from
Casino says that several bombs Sc
cretly manufactured by druggist
named Valero exploded last night.
Two of the stories Of the druggists
house We're shattered, burying a num-
Der of persons in the ruins. Five per-
sons We're killed and six injured.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

The electrocution of the man-killing
elephant in Chicago has been post
poned, thus presenting an opportunity
for an expert to declare that she is an
epileptic of the psychical type.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22
wool Growera to Meet

Rochester, n. Y. Dec PA call has
been issued for a meeting of repre-
sentatives of all wool growers and
sheep breeders associations in the
United States at the Ebbitt house,
Washington, on Jan. 4. Two days
later hearing will be granted by the
house committee on ways and means.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

1t seems that Lillian Russell has not
taken another husband. She happened
TO remember in the nick of time, that
she was not divorced from her last
one.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22
Caught In a Thresher

Slayton, Mimi, Dec. % = John J.
Gartzke was caught in threshing ma
chine belt and had his shoulder broken
and was otherwise badly shaken by
being drawn around by the belt num-
Der of times.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

Let the good work proceed. A con-
yention of '.Weary Willies," 'Mouldy
Mikes and Hungry Joes'' has resolut-
ed in favor of the good roads move
ment.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

A Londol; paper says that q man be-
longing to The Mot tribe, in India, has
been discovered who has well defined
tail Until we see the man We shall
discredit the state rent.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

DIR. Zertucha looks like a man who
would not only betray his patient and
see him slaughtered, but would present
a bill to the widow for professional
services.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

We have no objections to the visit of
Queen Lii to this country if she will
only give us the assurance that she
does not intend making a lecturing
tour.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22
THE NEWS RESUME.
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROI ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.

Il comprehensive Review of the
Important Happenings of the
Past Week CulIed From the Tel
cgraph RepOrts-The Notable
Events at Home and Abroad That
Have Attracted Attention.
The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-12-22

1t is not sufficient for a young man
to aim high. He should also aim right.
The case of the Paris burglar who
robbed the upper story of the Eiffel
tower illustrates this truth.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-01-18
Pastor ana publican.

j. z. Fleming in Twentieth Centarv.
An English clergyman sent In a bill at
the end Of year every member of his
parish, according to his means, and among
others to a publican,
But" said the publican, I don't 70 to
your church,"
"That doesn't matter" said the pastor;
it is open to you"
Next day the parson received bill from
tie publican for ten shillings.
'slr," inquired the pastor, "what is this
for?"
"To keep my saloon, going" was the
answer.
'But. man I never enter your saloon"
THAT docs not matter;it is always open
to YOU" was the reply.
There was just as much logic in one
%nccOuntas the other.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-01-18

The morning ride usually includes a
morning call-nearly all well-to-do Bolivar
families have a country house on the
mesa, which is occupied alternately with
the town house, or perhaps simultaneously.
Any member of the family goes rusticat-
ing whenever the fancy seizes him. These
housec are scarcely more thar huts at first
view. The m0ttled walls are daubed with
mud, and the vide, deep, palm-thatched
roof stretches out all around to form an
enormous veranda. The rooms are for tot
let purposes only. Every ~ sleeps, eats
and lives on the veranda. The foor of
house and erandn is merely h1rdpacked
clay. Riders from town drop in at z o.
cleck to call on any acquaintance who may
happen to be in the country. and are re.
treshed with m egg cocktail and a cheese
sandwich. Big tubs. stand about the YER
andas filled with blot soming rose trees, the
birds walk cheerfully in and out. The
tables are strewn with books and magazi-
mes; the Indian man servant is laying the
cloth for the second breakfast. A pretty
girl with tumbled hair, in a pink. muslin
wrapper, is lying in a hammock playing a
guitar. Two men in white linen pajamas
and s~tockingless feet are lying in long
chairs, smoking and singing Spanish songs
to accompany the girls guitar. Every one
waits for his egg cocktail before going
down to the little tree-embowered San
Juan river running behind the casa, where
the men will have their morning swim in
the same pool with wild parrots at their
bath, Altogether it is a picture of as free,
idle, unintellectaal and enjoyable. an e1-
i%stance as is to be found anywhere.
After the bath comes second breakfast,
the real almuerzo, at 1870, with wine
meat, coffee, eggs and swnets, By that
time the days work is done. The women
have finished their housekeeping, and the
men have had five hours work in their
Offices and have shut them up. It is to
hot to do anything but swing and browse,
gossip or read, Aftor the siesta is a fresh
toilet afternoon tea or chocolate, and then
the roof, to watch the sun set over the
Orinoco and enjoy the evening. breeze.
One can visit from roof to roof or coatter
to friends across the narrow street. The
Young men ride along the GALES and pay
compliments to the petty faces in the
barred windows or on the balconies. Din
ner comes at z, and bedtime an hour after
the moon sets. No one leaves home after
dark except to go to call on the president
or for some pressing matter. The streets
are full of sentlnels, and passwords may
be asked with an alternative of a night in
jail. This is the ordinary life on the
Orinoco in its only city. Occasionally the
dullness is varied by sudden sharp thuds
against the enter walls. Thon the batten
shutters are closed, and people stay at
home until the firing stops and they begin
to come and take up the dead soldiers lit
.ering the e,reets. when life again resumes
it's ordinary routine-under another
government.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-01-18

The Fargo Daily Argus a North Dako'
ia newspaper with the associated press.
dispatches of the news of the day all over
the world, and a journal equal in point OF
interest to any of the METROPOLITAN
dailes received at the LEADER Office, by
the present mail arrangement, reaches
Washburn twenty.four hours in advance
of the twin city papers, and at the same
time and date of the Bismarck Daily TIT
bune, and on Mondays the Argus comes
alone to u with the telegraph news
twenty-four hours ahead of any other
newspaper.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-01-18
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The LEADER recently received a copy
under the new mAnagement-Of the
Fargo Sun and Saturday Evening Journal
"deyuted to politics, views and interviews,
current events INC literature" Col. T.. A.
Lounsberry and g. L.. Towns of the Rec.
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critical reader could ask in the way of a
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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-01-18

Editor Johnson can fill up his Office
. owe with coal, and between the Ignite,
Kerosene can aud a match, thaw himself
ont, or in his discretionary way may con-
tinue to "get out" a ne wspaper in Minot,
but his mental ideas IF determination
are as crude as they are childlika.
There is seldom anything lone in a
hurry that ia we'll done. 1t takes time to
do anything we'll. We do no. believe in
botch work. To illustrate an object on
a blackboard before q class or the public,
We must sharply define cur lines 30 that
the ILLUSTRATION may he complete that the
audience or the puplic can say-"Well
done!'
We all know--or at lenst such of us who
have oeen about much in the world know
that IN adept in %villinny calculates and
studies his chances for the outlet ns well
as inlet. In other words he usually car.
ri es The sand with him to hide his own
tracks before he commits his offence,
and be in a position to say black is white.
Presuming the Reporter editor remem-
hers n portion of what he reads, aud he
has rend of a great many cases Of banks
that have been robbed bv delft, %defaultiIg
crshiers. Does our critical editor friend
well remember that in nearly every case
the 'cnshier's books we're all right
but the money was gone. Yes, the "books
are all right and 50 is the money-to
the fellow that got away with it.
A nice appearing she'll often contains n
very unsavoiy mess of egg substance.
md Won have to crack the shell-some-
tines-l efor. You discover IL. We hope
IN due time to crack a certain shell that
even the catarrhed nose of the Miuot
Reporters editor can get the perfume.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-01-18
wltrtNI H.s'rLr;.
New York Advertiser.

Ka,ser Wilhelm's contemptuous remark
that the energetic mobilization of the
British fleet is only "%caunonading to Gov
or a retreat" is certain to intensity etill
further the popular resentment with
which England is ablaze. If the German
Kaiser really wants to provoke war, he is
taking the right course to bring it about.
Such an affront to British pride from the
reignlng monarch of a great continental
nation will not cease to sting and rankle
until its echo is drowned in the voice of
BRITISH annon T. war between England
and Germany is averted, the Kaiser will
have to change his attitude speedily. The
orders which have gone out from the Ad-
miralty to place the entire British navy
on a war footing, the hurried preparation
of a large feet Of the new Eng
lish torpedo d%estroyers," and the
openly announced plan to concentrate
a tremendous force of battleships and
heavy cruisers in Portland harbor on
Tuesday are significant.
Great Britain is not mrking a loud
demonstration to cover a retreat. Empty
boasttulness ia not a trait Of the English
character. Like the Roman Empire, with
which it has 50 much in common. the
British Empire seldom utters a threat
that it does not make. What the Sails.
bury Ministry is doing to prepare for the
werst, If the worst should come. Even
though Russia is standing shoulder to
s boulder with the Kaiser, and France has
Aeen pursuaded to remain neutral Eng
land will be ready to meet the danger
with unfinching.
At present there are two storm centers
in which q sudden explosion may k,ndle
ar. One of these is Berlin, where the
irritable and excitable War Lord may at
ans moment, unless cooler counsels re-
strain him, issue a mandate regarding
German interests in Africa which will
drive England to an instant declaration
Of hostilities. The other 10 at Johannes
burg, where the armed Beers and tho
armed ~"Uitlanders" confront each other
in = state of tension which is likely to
produce a bloody struggle, unless it is
promptly relieved. An outbreak in tho
Trsnsvaal would almost certainly stir
both England and Germany to decisive
action. Meanwhile the British floating
fortress, of steel are grimly taking their
places. and the world with keen interest
awaits the::oatc
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-01-18
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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-01-18
Nor1cEoF EXPIRATION OF REDEMPTION

NOTICEOF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
OFFICE OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR, MCLEAN
COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA
To c. A. Pearson Missoula, Montana.
You are hereby notified that the land herein
described assessed in your maine was sold for
taxes rs provided by law, viz:
North West Quarter. (A) of Section Twenty
-four, (3l, Township One Hundred and Forty.
Five, u45) Range Eighty;two, ts2l,, and ths total
five dollars, 1857 and that the time Of redemption
from said sale allowed by law will expire on the
18th day Of January, 1896.
and seal at W%ashburn, in said County Of Nc
Lean this 3rd day of November. 1895.
LAURANCF CAssEI.MAH, County AUDITOR,
Mclean County, North Dakota.
DOYl6
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-01-18

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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-04
FACTS ABOUT FLORIDA.

There is but one Florida.
w here can you find O better place
than Florida?
Florida is gaining rapidly in wealth
and population.
Florida stands alone, no place can be
compared to her.
The man who is not Satisfied with
Florida had better move to heaven.
The population hasincreased from 3D.
600 in 1880 to zoe, 900 in 1890.
Florida offers good home to all
choosing to locate within her borders.
It is said that about IL 900 men are
employed in the fisheries of Florida.
Florida has advantages such as none
OF her sister states possess or can secure.
The railroads of Florida have been i'm.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-04

sugar and tobacco, and the Atlantic
coast in the raising of long cotton. And
it is no stretch Of the imagination to say
that intelligent ;nvestmt at of capital
and skillful labor will bring her 10 that
advanced point in comparatively few
years. Florida, by reason OF the most
favorable conditions, must advance.
Capital is pouring in, new industries are
constantly springing up and improve
ments are noted in every department of
trade.
The enjoyment of Florida's climate is
free alike to those who can live on an
assureI income and to those who must
labor for their bread. Here is land that
is never chilled by snow in winter nor
parcl ed by drought in summer-a land
robed in perpetual verdure, where fruits
and flowers may he gathered each month
in the yea,--a land batbed in sunshine
and famed by pure sea breezes, which
are ''for the healing of the nations"
Such is Florida, and within our bounds
millions may live in happiness and pros
perity Let home.set kers not locate
elsewhere untilthey have fully considered
Florida's advantages. Let them come
and see for themselves or seek informa-
ton from reliable sources. Jacksonville
Journal of Commerce.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-04

portant factors in her wonderful develop
ment.
Florida has many advantages, but the
crown and pearl of them all ie her in
comparable climate.
1T is predicted that the rice fields of
Florida will become as famous as the
cotton fields of the South.
The production of sugar, rice, tobacco
and sea-island cotton should bring mil
lions to the Florida producer.
Florida is land of sunshine, delicious
fruits, early vegetables, beautiful flow
ers. and ten thousand other good things.
No state in the Union can offer better
inducements than Florida to the bee-
keeper. Every month in the year fur
nishes honey-making material.
From 1880 TO 1890 the assessed value
of the real and personal property OF the
State increased al per cent. and the per
capita OF wealth II per cent.
A large number of new industries
have been started in Florida during the
past year, and many more will undoubt-
eddy start during the next few months.
In Florida may be found locations
suited to the tastes and desires of every
would-be resident, and every production
the agriculturist may desire to grow.
No state in the Union can boast of bet
ter hotels than the State of Florida. The
Tampa Bay and the Ponce de Leon be-
ing the most magnificent in the world.
The enormous crops Of fruits and vege-
tables grown in Florida this season
show that there is something besides
sick Yankees, fish and alligators to de-
pend on.
Florida can raise the finest quality of
tobacco and the manufacture of cigars
has reached vast proportions. New CT
gar factories are being established nearly
every week.
Consider the soil, favorable climatic
conditions, the luxuriant abundance
with which the soil produces crops of all
kinds, and verify, section of land in
Florida is worth township in many
other states.
One of the greatest industries in the
State is the manufacture of lumber.
Immense lumber plants are starting up
in different portions of Florida, some of
them having a capital as large as $780,
600 to $15O,OOO.
In speaking of the advantages offered
in Florida, the Hon. Chauncy NJ. Depew
says: Nowhere in the U9ion, nowhere
in any country or cline, can young
man start with so little capital, with
such certainly of success, in such a
variety of fields, as in Florida.
Florida can be made to rival the
islands of the gulf in the production of
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-03-04

the fruit is gathered but twice year,
in spring and fall, as we know these
seasons. The pods contain from one
to ten seeds or nuts apiece. The
nuts resemble our horse chestnuts.
Their coats are purplish red in color,
and the flesh within is sometimes a
pale red, sometimes a greenish yell
low, approaching white. They pos
soss bitter, somewhat astringent
taste.
The tree seldom begins to yield
fruit until it's fourth or fifth year, and
does not come into full bearing till its
tenth year, after which it produces an
average of 12O pounds of nuts an
nually. 1t goes on Towering almost
continuously, so that flowers and fruit
may be found on the same tree slmil
taneously. There are two regular
gatherings of fruit in the year-in
October to November. and in May to
June. The fruit takes a brownish
yellow color when ripe, and opens,
exposing the seeds, of which red and
white may be found in the same pod.
A single flower may produce five or
six cells, and each cell may contain
from five to fifteen nuts, the weight
of which varies from five to twenty
eight grains each. 1t has been accli-
mated in the West Indies, Brazil and
other South American countries, and
the French of Guadalupe, Cayenne,
Cochin China and the Gabon. So
far in this country it has oeen grown
only in the botanical gardens at Cam
bridge and Washington. D. C.
Dr. Smith in the "American Thera-
pist" of Jan. 1895 in paper on the
medical properties of Kola says:
"The great value of Kola is due to
the presence of certain alkaloids,
theobromine and caffeine, together
with the new and powerful principle
known as Kolanin. The stimulant
properties and sustaining powers of
coffee and cocoa are we'll known, and
kola contains not only a large per-
centage of their characteristic aka
loids, but also kolanin, whose physio-
logical effects are more powerful and
lasting than either caffeine or theo-
bromine, while at the same time it is
free from the objections urged
against cocaine. In view of these
deductions, therefore, kola must be
valuable addition to our materia med
lea; and not withstanding the amount
of research and investigation ex-
pended upon this product, it is alto
gether probable that only few of its
more important therapeutic applica-
tons have been determined"
For the illustrations we present in
connection with this article, and for
various pamphlets from which we
have collected the foregoing state
ments, the PINEAPPLE acknowledges
its Indebtedness to F. Stearns & Co.,
Manufacturing Pharmacists. Detroit,
Mich.--The Pineapple.