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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-05-09

az The party that picked hunters
pocket knife from the lamp bracket in
LEADER Office, had better return the same
before exposure.
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Chas. T. staley with several assistants,
passed through Washburn. Wednesday,
with band of HOO head of young cattle
for Mr.. stale7's range on Snake creek.
The cattle are the property of Chicago
stockman named Terrell.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1896-05-09

Mrs. John Satterlund, returned home
by Bismarck stage, Tuesday evening from
trip to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where
she had been for the past three weeks
looking after the cara of her recently de-
ceased sisters children, who ars now left
orphans by the death of both father and
mother.
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Hn-a Liz orthe Romans.

A useful and attractive summary Of the re-
suits OF the latest excavations prosecuted by
the italian Government, 10 presented in a volume
published by tho Putnams under the title Rome
and PompeiL, by GAsroN BoIssIER OF the French
Academy. translated by ID. HAvELooK FISHER
Tho author is doubly qualified Tor the task he
has undertaken. being distinguished both for .
ripe and accurate scholarship and for the power
Of correct and agreeable expression. The former
requirement, had IL stood alone, would simply
have gained for him entrance Into the Institute:
IL was tho latter which assured to him admit
lance to the Academy. The subjects discussed
In the present book are the Forum par excel
lence the Forum Romsnum). the P~alatinc. the
Catacombs, Hadrian's villa, ostia and Pompeii.
We shall touch chiefly upon the conclusions
reached by tho latest sroheoloalsts, which diff
fer materially from the impressions hitherto
current.
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gardens have been found. These are Away
regular alleys, shut in by two rows o.
hornbsam, cutting each other At right an.
giles. In the centre ls usually found q round
space With n basin. In which swans are sittine
about. Every here and there little arbors OF
Rreenery have been arranged. formed Of canes
interlaced and covered with vines, at whose ends
a marble column or a statue Is seen, with seats
placed around to allow promenaders TO rest for
a moment, IL Is clear from the descriptions OF
Pliny the Younger, that, in bis garden. a. in
the paintings Just mentioned. the alleys were
bordered by veritable walls OF verdure. lie re-
fers with pride to n fine alley OF plane trees,
and says that between them box had been
planted. Box played n great part in Roman
gardens. II not only formed the border OF the
parterre. but was cut In the straugest manner.
The Romans were not satisfied with cutting IL
into pyramids or vases. as has been done at Yer
sailles; they made II represent animals looking
at each other. and even fashioned II into letters
composing the owners name. On the whole.
from the little space allotted to gardens and
parks In Pliny's description, we may infer that
thoy lacked the importance which they have
assumed with us. What the Romans most de-
sired In their villas was the view. They be-
grudged nothing In order to obtain a broad or
smiling prospect, embracing n vast horizon
or looking on . charming landscape. They
were willing to walk or to ride in litters
through monotonous alleys. but when In
their dining rooms or in their studios,
they wished to have tho most beautiful
scenes before their eyes. Yet even here a dis
tinction 10 drawn by NJ. Bolster. The views
sought after by the Romans were not always
those preferred by us. ana among the sites that
please us most there are some that would not
have been to their taste. Largo plains, hne
meadows. and fertile fields enchanted them.
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w..

In the conside cradle part OF this volume, which
Ia devoted TO Hadrian's villa AZ THAR the author
discusses the question whether the Romans
understood nature and loved her. The i'm
mense profusion OF buildings in Hadrian's
villa, which occupied seven Roman square miles,
has served as an argument for those who main
tain that the Romans not only understood the
country differently from us, but liked Il so little
that to the country they insisted on transport
lug the delights of the town. II is customary to
say that the taste for the beauties OF nature was
born In the middle OF the eighteenth century. aud
that Rousseau was the first eIpounder Of II. NJ.
BOLSTER, for his part, admits that, during the
last hundred years, the feeling for nature has
become more general, but no denies that
It was lacking in the Romans. II is true enough
that imperial officials like Pliny the Younger. or
cockney poets like Horace, carried their preoc-
equations with them when they went 10 sOjourn
In the country, and were soon glad TO go back to
town. such men went to the country TO re-
euperats, In the hope OF bringing to their Gus
tOmary functions, when they returned ~ them,
a body more ROBUST and a mind more lively. As
for the parks and gardens OF tho Romans, our
only information 10 derlvAble from the few
paintings In which they are represented and
from what writer's chance 20 tell us about them.
Among the landscapes which decorate ancient
houses at Rome and P0mDsii some pictures 81
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closed. His subsequent acts are too familiar 70
the reader to require even a cursory revisw. We
will simply observe in taking leave Of this little
sketch that as a member OF the Gladstone
Government OF 1ssO-1ss5. Mr.. Chamberlain,
whom his colleague. Mr.. John Bright, described
ss the only lingo In the Cabinet" was. in point
OF fact, largely accountable for the Convention
OF Pretoria, whereby independence was con-
coded TO the Transvaal. for tho evacuation OF
Candahar. and for the abandonment Of Gordon.
There IL probably not one Of those transactions
which he does not now deplors.
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little beyond which was the palacs Of severus.
The remaining buildings on the Pslstine, sH-
elusive Of temples and historical edihces. served
70 house the Emperor's slaves and freedmen
NJ. Boissier is disposed to think that, II we
could see the Palatine ne II was In the third
century. we should, although much admitting II.
still make a few reservations. Our taste has
acquired certain habits that would not be en-
tirely satisfied. The approaches TO the imperial
palaces aud their environs would probably seem
mean TO us. The Clivus Palatinus Ia not broad,
and the Area Palatins does not appear sum-
cicntly vast. II Domitiau's palace was "a ele-
waited as the poet Status, who describes 1t, pre-
tends, we cannot perceive where we could place
ourselves in order to take in It's height. Then.
again, we should be surprised 10 find no
gardens attached to these palaces. The
emperors, with the exception OF Nero, seem
never TO have planted on the Palatine the
luxurious gardens with which tho rich of
our days love TO surround their houses.
These reservations made, however. we should be
as much struck as the Romans by the beauty of
the edinces built upon the Palatine. The into
rior of the apartments was adorned with incom-
parable maRnifcence, and the halls and porti-
cos resembled veritablo museums wherein had
been gathered tho masterpieces of all ages. In
order that nothing might be wanting, rare and
precious books had been collected in abundance.
The two Libraries, Latin and Greek. of the
portice Of Apollo and Of the house Of Tiberius
were world renowned. Itshould DO noted finally
that the situation Of tho imperial palaces was In
keeping with their beauty. Cicero says that the
Paletine was the finest spot in Rome. Thence
one commanded tho whole town, and the eye
nearly all the famous monuments
which the republic and the empire had
II.
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SOME VIEW Boohs.
joseph Cn.-b.r,.,... Earlier Car,

Tho latest contribution to the international
serles. Public Men Of To-day" Frederick
Warns g. Co... 10 . sketch Of the Right Hon.
Joseph Chamberlain, by S. II. JEHEs. Very little
IN known about the subjects eatly lie. but con-
siderable interest IL felt in II. as well as In the
preliminary stages OF his parliamentary career.
now that he has come forward as one Of the
most conspicuous figures in tho tnlonist coall-
zion. which seems destined to a long lease Of
power. The point of view from which the
sketch is written IL that Of the Conservatives.
who. between 1880 and 1885. detested MIR.
Chamberlain, but who. since juno. 1880. have
learned to regard him as an indispensable
ally. On the whole. the narrative. while not
precisely sympathetic. exhibits. perhaps.
as close mn approach to impartiality as
can be- expected from the biographer OF a living
statesman. Nothing like Justice could have
been look ed for. had the preparation of the book
been intrusted 10 one of those Radicals who
seem unable 10 forgive the present head Of the
Colonial Orice for deserving Mr.. Gladstone In
the heat OF tho first great battle over homo rule.
Mr.. John Bright. the Duke OF Devonshire, Mr..
Goshen, and Lord James of Hereford. also for
sock their old leader at the same crisis. but the
offence given by Mr.. Chamberlain cot more
deeply because he took with him = large organ
lied following. drawn from the very class OF
voters which, but for him. might have remained
faithful TO Mr.. Gladstone. The other Liberal
are not denounced with bitterness, |
but the member for West Birmingham Il hated
he transferred to the enemy q solid
block OF constituencies in the very heart of
England.
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membered the outrsees which had diseraced
Paris three years before; but he affirmed at =
civic banquet that the leaders OF the Paris Com
mune had fought for the principles Of local self
government. The truth IL that the opinions then
openly expressed by most Of the advanced Radi-
calls and aloomily acqulesced In by reluctant
Wings and Respondent Tories. were that, while
the coming revolution might be gradual or might
be sudden. the Church OF England, the House Of
Lords. and the Grown, with n few other anti
quated survivals of feudaliem, such m private
property In land. were institutions doomed
to be swept away. probably In the order named,
by the waves OF advancing democracy.
IL was not 10 be expected that n man rich,
young. end ambitious OF power would be long
content with q purely civic career. In 1874, Mr..
Chamberlain stood for s~hef1sld, In the hope OF
unseatinE Mr.. Roebuok. q veteran Liberal who
had not kept MP with his party. Tho candidate
from Birmingham, however. was rejected by a
great majority, and IL was not till 1870 that he
received from his own town an opportunity OF
entering tho House Of ommons His entrance
into Parliament did not coincide with the end
of his municipal activity. though II was obvi-
ously impossible to combine both vocatlons.
Even when, four years later 1880, he
definitely severed his connection with the
Town Council. he stll cherished with sat
isfaction the memory of his civic accomplish
ments. He was not hurt by the taunt that his
was . Mayoral mind, and. in October Of that
he declared with . certain proud hui
II will confess to you that I am so
paroohially minded that I look with greater
satisfaction to our annexation OF tho gas and
the water to our scientific frontier in the i'm
provement area, than I do to the results of that
policy which has given us Cyprus and
The Transvaal; and I am prouder OF having been
with you In warning against ignorance,
and disease, and crime in Birmingham than II I
mad been the author OF the Zulu war. or had
nstiRated the invasion of Afghanistan."
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Ono obtains from these recollections a vivid
idea OF the personal appearance of Louis Napo-
leon. Sir William says that the attire OF the
Emperor from the first occasion on which he
saw him riding on Rotten Row was not that OF
Q mAn who knew how to dress. Not that 1t was
In the least careless; It was precisely the con-
trary of what the author of Pelham" termed
a studied neOltOs It was distinctly what the
French call dpprst8, represented In some
measure by tho British term got up" Tho
Princes attempt, however. to get himself up
was unsuccessful. Our author says that he was
dressed after the fashion books. with consider
able tightness, yet not neatly. His clothes were
invariably OF sombre color. his trousers were
strapped down, his frock coat was always but
toned. . thing, at that time, unusual. Sir William
feels sure that at no time of his life could Louis
Napoleon have been handsome. He recalls at
oxford an undergraduate known as the sick
vulture." and he would say that tho ornitho-
logical counterpart OF the Prince was q sick
eagle. His head was held slightly on one side: he
had an abstractedl look: his eyes were small and
not at all prominent; his hair was OF a hne tex
ture, not profuse, and IL lay fiat on his head.
Tho author remembers at this period quoting to
a young lady in KensinGton Gardens, from a
French newspaper. HIS air is gentle as a young
girls: proud as that OF a warrior" She
replied: why, he's 'ardly any air at
ALL" This. we are told, is not true. His
hair, which was very fine. was OF a
dull brown: II was not allowed to grow long.
In Sir Williams opinion, Louis Napoleon's
closest resemblance to the Bonaparte family
was his back, II have seen him. he says,
and his uncle. Jerome, ex-King OF West
phalla, riding together At u review: one could
hardly distinguish ono from tho other. when
seen from behind" The author goes on to tell
us that the Princes feet were not badly shaped,
but unmeaning; his hands large and muscular,
With exceptionally short thumbs. Elsewhere in
this book We read II have always considered
that the foot and the boot together strongly
mark the characteristics OF human beings.
Napoleon III. had little to admire in
this respect, beyond his feet being Of
moderate size in proportion 20 his height. There
was none Of that muscular and nervous indi-
vlduality about his feet that adds to the dignity
OF a human being, They wore what | should
describe as sawdust feet. In this respect he
was not unlike his uncle. One would have sup
Ddaed that a man OF such exceptional nervous
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No book that has been published about Louis
Napoleon has offered SO much first hand and
trustworthy information a. the little volume
called Napoleon Ill.,; Mv Recollections. by Sir
WILLIAM FRASER tSampson. Low. Marston d
Coz. The author made the acquaintance of the
subject of his sketch soon after tho latter was
elected President Of tho French Republic, and
his last interview with him took place In Eng
land only a few months before his death. In
these "reminiscences We naturally find q good
deal about tho Empress Eusenie and the prin-
cipal persons about the Court Of tho Tuileries,
but It Is the central figure which absorbs atten-
ton. and It is the data here collected regarding
tho Emperor himself with which wo are at this
time chiefly concerned.
Sir William Fraser begins by telling us how
no came to know tho man who was to become
the head of tho second French Empire. 1t
seems that. when Louis Napoleon was living in
London as a young man, he proposed marriage
to two ladies. both of whom tho author had tho
honor Of knowing. Ono was tho daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Rowles. who had q large house in
Stratton street, Piccadilly. Their daughter, to
whom the future Emperor proposed marriage.
was united some years later to an Italian hold
ing a high official position under the Papal
Government &c Rome. At Camden House,
Chislehurst, which also, at this time, was the
property OF Mr.. and Mrs. Rowles. Prince Louis
was q frequent visitor. 1t was from this lady,
who for her second husband married a relative
Of the authors, that Sir William Fraser had a
letter Of personal introduction to the Prince
soon after his election to be President
Of the French Republic: and 1t was at
Camden House that no had an interesting In
terview with the deposed Emperor. not long be-
fore his death. The second young lady who
might have been an empress was the daughter
OF an officer of noble Irish family. who served
on the stan at Waterloo. and was wounded
there. Her mother, OF a great English family,
was the adopted daughter of Mrs. Fitzherbert,
well known through her relation to George ".
The young lady married n nobleman holding q
high position in the west OF England, and
Prince Louis attended the wedding. which took
place In Devonshire. He travelled from liver
ton by post-chaiso to the mansion of the BRIDE
groom, in company with the brides brother. In
the course of the drive he communicated to his
companion the fact that King Louis Philippe
had given him ten days In which to escape from
his prison at Ham, and that he was liberated by
the sanction of the King. Sir William believes
that the friend who provided tho prisoner with
a passport was Lord Malmesbury.
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III.

Perhaps there was ono other exception, and
Sir William has her In mind when he tells us;
~ cannot init from my recollectIons the name
of a lady who arrived In France In the winter of
1856, and who took Paris by storm. / was at. a
private ball at the Tuileries. at which were as
sembled almost all OF those who had taken part
In the recent Crimean war. On returning from
q quadrllle, | observed q lady sitting against tho
wall whom | had not seen before, l said to my
partner: II you want to see my idea OF a
woman. there she sits The lady in question
was badly dressed, her dressmAker certainly not
being Of Paris; she was sitting between two
ladies whom, evidently, she did not know. WAS
very much struck by her beauty. Thoroughly
English In appearance and style, a most SYM
metricai figure and beautiful face. no at
tempt at makeup II was real, genuine
beauty. such Ar l had never seen surpassed.
l had no idea who she was; | learned that
this was the Countess Castiglione." The au-
thor proceeds To mention that while he was
speaking with Lady Cowley the Empress came
up; she had on a pale yellow dress. Looking Al
the lady In question, of whom she had evidently
heard, the Empress said and now | feel sure
that my readers, especially my female readers,
would like very much TO know what II was the
Empress said. | must tell them at once that,
for the small price at which this volume IL sold,
do not think IL right TO give the words" Sir
William bears witness that "absolute, perfect.
proof OF her prominent and un-
doubted superiority was shown 10 Nine. Cas-
tiGlione then and for some time aftcrward. This
proof was that every sort OF envious gossip,
old, stale, ridiculous, and contemplate, was
uttered Of her by other women" II is pro-
nounced possible that her object in coming
to France may have been TO persuade
the Emperor To llberate her country. for
not long after knowing her he did lib
crate IL; and the author feels sure she
must have charmed him and every sensible
person with whom she came In contact. One OF
the stories about her that Is here quoted was
that the Emperor asked her II she did not caro-
for admiration. Mime. CAstiglione replied; III
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1t is by no means generally known that tho
series OF painful operations which tho Emperor
went through were not necessary TO preserve
his life. They were performed entirely in
consequence OF the necessity. never. OF course
divulged by him TO his surgeon. OF riding back
to Paris at the head Of his army. Everything.
II seems, had been arranged for his return. He
said: II cannot walk back at tho head OF an
army. II would have a still worse effect To
enter Paris In a carriage. II is absolutely neces-
sary that | should ride" II was to enable him
TO do this that he submitted TO the operations
which cost him hts life. The authoral
tells us that he learned tho plans
for the Emperor's return To France from a
person who had the hest possible means n,
a large sum OF money for the enterprise. Some
time atterwHrd Sir William related what bs
had heard through a person holding a very hieS
Official position I! a distant country, Tholattor
eorrect; y he added IL was TO have prayed
somewhat conspicuous. Tart in the drama.S
Every detail It seems. hat been arranged. A
private yacht belonging ~ the late James
AshburY was TO be- used 10 land ihs
EMPEROR al some port in the north
eaSttrly corner Of France, ar possibly in
effected, the arrangement WAS that the En-,
peror should proceed al once 10 the Camn ~
Chal"hs' where forty or iifiy tEnusand men
were for tho purpo~en f mAnUpuvrss.
declaring himself, lac was 10 head tins nrmv aui
march ~ once uprU lHri-, Stil another men,
oIahle iaet n brought pui IN these rrcOllsctions
Emperor ~ Germany To Tho wife OF Namm,nle
III, after the laltcr's descent from the Ikrnnal
10 restore him hY means. uf German bayonet,
on condition Of his burreudPring t]erTiIorv ,,sbfslIs
formed part of the soil Of France, Tie En,rrHs
acting under the strict injunctiOns az hst Nh
o~nd' absolutely refused the tempting pToRoCN
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-09-11

The cherry blossom is the national
flower Of Japan, rs the rose is Of Eng
land, the lily OF France, the thistle Of
Scotland and the shamrock Of Ireland.
On the mikado's flags, papers and carr
riages, aud on the soldiers caps and
uniform, you will see the open chrys-
anthemum. But the flower Of the peo-
pie aud Of the nation is the flower OF
the blossoming cherry tree
"Do not all cherry trees blossom?"
you will ask.
Yes; but the japanese cultivate all
over japan, by the millions, the sakura
tree which is valued only for the
beauty Of its blossoms Botanists call
II Prunus pseudooerasus. From an
entire tree you could not get ripe
cherries enough 10 make a pie; bat
the blooms are massed together on the
boughs like clouds, and the blooms
are often as large as arose. Picnics in
japan are called "Going to see the
flowers" In June millions of the peo-
pie 60 ont to sing and sport and laugh
and play under the cherry trees, or to
catch ''the snow-showers that do not
fall from the skies" There are tens
of thousands of stanzas Of poetry
about the cherry tree. Some of the
people become so enchanted with the
lovely blossoms that they actually say
their prayers under them, or ever
worship the famous old trees.
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A DOG IRON WORKER.

Keys, the canine employe of the
Union Iron Works, met with an acci-
dent recently by which his front right
leg was broken, says the San Francis
co Examiner. Keys has been looked
upon by the officers of the iron works
as one of the regular workmen for
about four years He is a dog of no
particular beauty, and his pedigree
would not be considered by dog fan
'ciers, but he possesses wonderful in
telligence. He makes the Potrero
Police Station his home, and he is the
pet of Lieutenant Bennett, but nearly
every workman in the ship building
concern claims the friendship of the
dog.
At the first tap of the gong every morn
ing Keys has reported for dnty at the
gates of the Union Iron Works, and
he has never left until full days
work had been accomplished. He was
particularly useful in the ship yard
and in the boiler shop, and the fore
men of these departments say he was
more valuable to them than a man for
doing certain kinds of work. He
could crawl through small holes in
boilers and about ships, and his par.
ticular work was to carry tools, bolts,
nuts, rivets and other small articles
needed by workmen who had crawled
into such places, and to have them
creep back and forth for which
would have caused considerable loss OF
time. Keys thoroughly understood
his work, and he was always on hand
when needed. Recently steamer was
placed on the dry dock for repairs,
and the dog, realizing that his SER
vices might be needed by the work.
men, was climbing a ladder to the
deck when he slipped and fell about
twenty feet. The men picked him up,
and making stretcher ofsome pieces
Of canvas carried him to the police
station, and sent for physician to set
the broken limb.