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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15

1t is in the length of patience and
endurance and forbearance, that much
of what is good in mankind and wom-
ankind is showing.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15
Beauty IL Blood Deep

Clean blood means a clean skin. Ne
beauty without it. Cascarets Candy Ca
thartic cleans your blood and keeps It
clean by stirring up the lazy liver ana
gin to-day to banishS pimples, boils.
blotches, blackheads and that sickly, bill
beauty for 10 cents. All druggists. Sat
isfaction guaranteed. 1Oc. 25c, 5Oc.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15
EXPECTING
AN ATTACK
ARMED CITIZENS GUARDING THE
TOWN OF FARRIS.

\ Band Of About One Hundred nnd
Fifty Indians Are Camped Near
the Town-WOuld Be Entirely at
the Mercy of the Indians Should
An Attack BE Mnde-RepOrted
killing Of Il White Man Near
Bear ADMINISTRATIONS Running
Their Women and Children Deep
Into the Wilderness - Settlers
Seek Shelter.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15

You cannot do wrong without suffer-
ing wrong. Treat men as pawns and
ninepins and you shall suffer as well
as they.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15
Rev. Hostetter Goes Free,

Rev. HOstetter Goes Free.
Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 12.-The grand
jury of the United States district court
reported that it did not find a true
bin against Rev. Gabriel Hostetter
upon the charge of co~unterfeiting.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15

Low living and high thinking will
produce better men than high living
and low thinking.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15

Prot. Charles Eliot Norton insists on
viewing his country through a smoked
glass. expecting to find it in eclipse.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15

Those who are always looking for
favors are not the most willing to give
them.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15
Meath. in the Thirt.er+h.

Manila. Oct. RIO. The following
deaths have occurred in the Thirteenth
Minnesota: Louis Bailey, Marion Pub
ton, ~dysentery; Jesse Stegner and
William Ball, typhoid fever.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15

The average man let's good opportu-
mites 90 by while waiting for a better
one. Il
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15
Papa's idea OF 1t

Little Harry-Papa, what is the still.
small voice?
Papa-It's the voice in which your
mother makes suggestions to the cook.
Chicago News.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15

Women and weather are not to be
trusted. No season is as brief as .
woman's love.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15

Securing the consent of an heiress to
a matrimonial alliance is a promising
business engagement for a young man.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15

When it comes tt manual labor the
average man is an immune.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15

Ignorance loves to wear borrowed
garments, and go out riding with Wis
dom.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15
WILL SURELY EMO 1T.
Commissioned Jones VIII Talk to
the Indians.

Washington. Oct. 1o..-!.;ommissi"rer
Of Indian Affairs William a. Jones left
for the scene If the trouble. He will
have a talk With the disatfected men
and will cn'isavc: to induce them to
submit to tie 'rgular process of the
law. CsmM:ss;nucr jones is con-
vinced tisnf q ta;s with the leaders and
all assurance g:yel that they would be
protected and lia!.t'1 treated would
BRING about a cessation &c hostilities.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15

Every man knows how a wife should
&c managed, but few are able to do it.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15

Borrowers are like piecrust-very
short and very sweet.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15

It takes more than nine tailors to
make a man out of a cigarette dude
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15
Shot Accidentally.
his claim near Conway. Knowles W.

Grand Forks. n. d.. Oct. 1O.-News
was received here of the shooting of
A~".-' rr-~--r~~ --'.:', .> 49, -.o,- ~
his claim near Conway. Knowles was
Ii e. Al ..Il.tn,i .-aL' II
witt, Il hay rack. The man who was
with knowles says a gun was lying on
the bottom of the hay rack. He heard
the gun discharge and saw Knowles
fall. The latter lived an hour and 4
half.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-10-15
ALGER IN HIS
OWN DEFENSE
Ills ANSWER TO TIE WAR INVES-
TIGATION COMMlTTEE.

All the Points Are Not Conaidcred in
II Satisfactory Manner and He
Will he Asked to Make Further
Explanations - No Ate m:.t Made
to Explain the Hardships Suffered
by the Soldiers in TaDlnp-Three
Witnesses Appear Before the
COmmittec-SRnitnry and HOspi-
tai Conditions Mt Fort Thomas
Dealt With.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

Lucifer matches were first made
nearly 70 years ago.
The castle of Heidelburg is the
largest in Germany.
Britain makes $20,000.000 a year
profit out OF its postoffices.
Employment bureaus in Buffalo are
limited in their charges by an ordi-
nance.
The state dress OF trumpeter of the
Royal House guards, "the Blues" costs
over $780,
The people of Norway are greatly
alarmed at the spread of liquor-drink-
ing among them.
Temperance is the rule, it appears.
all along the line in connection with
the Soudan expedition.
A correspondent estimates that the
population of London in 1901 will be
6,140. 900, and 1900 900 in 1921.
The city debt of Boston has increased
S14, SOC, ,136 in two and a third years,
and now amounts TO $50 0166.910.
The origin of the American navy
dates from October 13, 1775, when con-
gress authorized the equipment of two
cruisers.
The Liverpool docks, one of the Won
iers of modern commerce, extend along
The Mersey a distance of six and half
miles.
Andrew Lang, who probably knows
what he is talking about, states there
are 100 900 novelists in England whose
works never get into print.
DR.. Nansen's profits from his book,
'Farthest North" are said to amount
10 $4,000. The profits of his lectures
nave added largely to this sum.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
CHAPTER XIV.
PRISON BREAKING.


It was with considerable anxiety
that | repaired to Mrs. Blakesley's
room. There l found the old lady at
the breakfast-table, SO thoroughly
composed. that | was at once reas-
sured as to her ignorance of what had
occurred while she slept.
Arrived at my inn, l kept my room,
my dim-seen plans rendering it de
sirable that / should attract as little
attention in the neighborhood as
these plans and make them definite
to myself.
Ny cogitat tions concluded in the re-
solve to use the means in my hands
for the rescue of Lady Alice Mid
night found me in the alley of the
kitchen garden. The door of the little
court opened easily. Nor had | with
drawn its bolts without knowing that
l could manage to open the window
of my old room from the outside
secured the door Of the room, struck
a light. lighted a remnant of taper
which | found on the table, threw my
self on the couch, and said to my
Alice: Come
And she came. rose. She laid
herself down. l pulled off my coat
it was all l could finland laid it over
her The night was chilly. She re-
vived with the same sweet smile, but,
giving little shiver. -aid:
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

why have you no fire. Duncan? I
must give orders about II. That's
some trick of old Clankshoe"
Yes that is it. Alice"
Il had n strange dream the other
night L thought I was sitting on a
stone in the dark. And / heard your
voice calling me. And II went all
around me. and came nearer and
went further off. but could not move
to go to ysu. I tried to answer YOU,
but could only make queer sound,
not like my own voice at all"
Il dreamed it too. Alice"
The same dream?"
Yes, the very same"
Il am so glad. But didn't like the
dream Duncan, my head feels so
strange sometimes. And I am 81
sleepy. Duncan, dearest-am I dream
ing now? Oh. tell me that l am
awake and that l hold you; for to-
morrow, when | wake, I shall fancy
that 1 have lost you. They've
spoiled my poor brain, somehow.
am all right, l know, but 1 cannot get
at it. The red is withered, some
how"
You are wide awake my Alice. I
know all about ii. / will help Won
to understand it all, only you must
do exactly as 1 tell you"
Yes. yes"
Then go to bed now and sleep as
much as you can; else 1 will not let
you come TO me at night"
THAT would be too cruel, when II Ia
all I have"
"Then go, dearest, and Sleep"
81 will"
She rose and went. I, too. went.
making all close behind me. The
moon was going down. Her light
looked to me strange, almost malig-
nant
Next morning l called again upon
Mrs. Blakesley, to inquire after Lady
Alice. anxious to know how yesterday
had passed.
Just the same" answered the old
lady. You need not look for any
change. Yesterday L did see her
smile once, though"
the usual facts of nature-Q say facts,
not lawsl-the dreams of most people
are more or less insane; those of Lady
Alice were sound; thus, with her, re-
storing the balance of sane life. That
smile was the sign of the dream life
beginning to leavea the waking and
false life.
"Have you heard of young Lord
And was that nothing?
In her case there was reversal OF
Hilton's marriageT' asked Mrs.
Blakesley.
Il have only heard some rumors
about it," l answered. who is the
new countessT
The daughter Of a rich merchant
somewhere. They say she isn't the
best of tempers. They're coming here
in about Il month. l am just terrified
to think how it may fare with my
lamb now. They won't let her go
wandering about wherever she
pleases, l doubt. And if they shut her
up, she will die
l vowed inwardly that she should
be free, if l carried her off, madness
and all.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
Her face is not Nike one insane" |

Her face is not Nike one insane" |
rejoined.
Il often think she looks more like
herself when she's asleep" answered
she. And then l have often seen her
smile. She never Smiles when she's
awake. But, gracious me, Mr.. Camp
bell, what shall | do?'
This exclamation was caused by nv
suddenly falling back in my chair and
closing my eyes. l had almost tainted
| had eaten nothing since breakfast:
and had been wandering about in a
state of excitement all day. | greedily
swallowed the glass of wine she
brought ME. and then | became aware
that the storm. which l had seen gath
ering while | was in the woods. had
now broken loose. What night in
the old Hall.' thought l. The wind
was dashing itself like a thousand
eagles against the house, and the rain
was trampling the roofs and the court
like troops of galloping steeds. l rose
to go.
But Mrs. Blakesley interfered.
You won't leave this house tonight.
Mr. Campbell" she said. Il won't have
your death laid AT my door"
/ laughed.
Dear Mrs. Blakesley," l said. seeing
her determined.
Il won't hear a word" she interrupt
ed. II wouldn't let q horse out in such
a tempest. No, no; you shall just sleep
in your old quarters, across the pas
sage there
l did not care for any storm. 1t
hardly even interested me. That beau
tiful face filed my whole being. But !
yielded to Mrs. Blakesley, and not un
willingly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
To Rr ro~rr~rrrt
NAVAL DEFINITIONS.


Fathom-A measure of six feet.
of the gunners.
.n-~-y,e- -Aras+-A- ~o-oh For tho laak-
out at the masthead.
Armament-A term expressing col
lectively all the guns Of ship.
Jacobs Ladder-A short ladder with
wood rungs and rope sides.
Capstan-A machine used on board
ship for lifting heavy weights.
Bow Chaser-A gun mounted In the
bow to fire on retreating vessels.
Bulkhead-A partition separating
compartments on the same deck.
Cable-A long. heavy chain used to
retain a ship in place at anchor.
Binnacle-The compass box OF a
ship, with light to show it at night.
Gangway-The aperture in ships
side where persons enter and depart.
Displacement-Thew weight in tons OF
the volume of water displaced by a
ships hull.
Barbette-A fixed circular belt of
armor for protecting the guns in re-
volving turret.
Knot-A nautical mile of 2,025 yards,
equal to about one and oDe-eighth
statute miles.
Monitor-A low, nearly flat-bottom-
ed armored vessel, with one or two
turrets, each carrying two guns.
Bridge-A platform above the rail
extending across the deck for the con-
venience of the ships officers.
Coming Tower-An armored tower
where the wheel, engine, telegraphs,
ETC., are located and from which the
captain is supposed to direct his men
during a battle.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE.

Third-class railway fares in India
are less than a farthing mile.
Great Britain spends on tobacco and
pipes about e14.O0O.O00 every year
The first envelope ever made is in
the possession of the British museum.
Country roads in China are never
bounded by fences, but are entirely un-
defined
Hamburg's improved apparatus for
burning garbage does the work for
about cents per 1000 pounds.
Great Britains marine steam ton
mage is to-day 6,720, ,T03-about as much
as that of all other nations added to-
gether.
In the hotels built in China for the
use OF foreigners, the highest stories
are the most expensive, because the
breeziest
The longest canal in the world is in
Russia 1t extends from st. Petersburg
to the frontier of China, and measures
nearly $500 miles
Queen Victoria, somebody has fig
ured out, is sovereign over one con-
tinent, 100 peninsulas, 500 promon-
tories, 1000 lakes, 1000 rivers and 1O,-
900 islands.
II pair Of herrings could be left to
breed and multiply undisturbed for a
period of 20 years ley would yield an
amount of fish equal in bulk to the
globe on which we live.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
THE LITTLE ENCYCLOPEDIA.

The Atlantic Ocean is crossed month
ly by 1000 ships.
A person walking at the rate of four
miles an hour consumes 2,300 cubic
Inches of air per minute.
The population OF Palestine is in
creasing rapidly. Ten years ago there
we're only $4,000 residents in Jaffa; to-
day there are nearly $4,000.
The beautiful colors seen in the soap
bubbles arise from the fact that the bub-
BILE, being very thin, reflects light from
both the outer and inner surfaces of
the film.
A process has been recently perfect
ed by which thin sheets of absolutely
transparent celluloid are silvered by
similar process to that formerly used
ON glass.
In the streets and suburbs of London
there are now not only TIP fountains
for human beings, but 2S6 large
troughs for horses and cattle and 47O
small troughs for sheep and dogs.
Burglar proof glass has been invent
ed by a smart manufacturer. 1t is
made by pouring molten glass over
network of steel wire. 1t Is especially
adapted for skylights and jewelers.
windows.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
lRONiCAl IFS.

II yoA would succeed in life, learn to
know what you can't do.
II paying ones debts is a virtue, very
few men are strictly virtuous.
II volunteers were called for to pay
the bill war would never be declared.
If marriage is mistake, 1t is at least
one nan doesn't make every day.
II man is his own worst enemy he
has a natural-born fool to take care of.
If man rises in the world at the
end of rope he 10 sure of an early
downfall
II handsome Is as handsome does
some good-looking girls are anything
but handsome.
II people didn't have to work they
would have more time to get tired OF
doing nothing.
II it were literally true that whisky
fills our jails lots OF men would break
into them.
If you carve your name on the hearts
of your friends it will be more lasting
than il carved ON a marble slab.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
ALL SORTS IN A NUTSHELL.

The American navy has practically
all been built since 1888.
More than rs per cent. of the trade
of Egypt is with British possessions.
The state of Texas is about $4,000
square miles larger In area than Spain.
In Berlin nearly all the repairs Of
the principal streets are carried on at
night.
1t is proposed to introdpce bats and
toads into New Zealand to combat in
sect pests.
In the United States there are no
less than 13 different varieties Of the
Presbyterian church. family.
The entire collection OF coins and
medals in the British museum consists
of nearly 250,000 specimens.
Under the laws of China the man
who loses his temper in discussion Is
sent to Jail for five days to cool down.
Gray horses are the longest-lived
and cream-colored ones are the most
delicate, being unable to stand very
warm weather
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
SIX SHORT SAYINGS.

What a wonderful being Is man! He
admits ii himself.
We don't want the earth; II we had
the whole earth. we should not need a
navy to defend 1t.
A woman considers herself happy
when she lives two years in one and
grows six months older the while.
Man is the architect OF his own for
tune, which accounts for some of these
Venetian facades on human woodsheds.
Where ignorance Is bliss 'tis folly to
De wise; If man isn't a judge Of good
whiskey his drinks don't cost him 80
much.
No man, generally speaking, has too
,reat a future to be held in the little
.ands of a woman.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
OF REAL INTEREST.

Sugar alone will apparently sustain
life for a considerable time.
On an average every woman carries
40 to 60 miles of hair upon her head
The polar currents are said to con-
tain less salt than those from the equa-
tor.
The huge guns Of modern navies can
he fred only about rs times. After that
theJ become worn out.
Spain has more sunshine than any
other country in Europe, the yearly
average being 1900 hours.
Under British rule the cotton crop
of Egypt has doubled, and now
amounts to over $1,000, 900 pounds o
year.
In Abyssinia not so very long ago
salt was the principal medium OF ex-
change. being practically used a.
money.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
HOMESPUN PHILOSOPHY.

After people pass thirty-five they
never make as fine appearance at any
thing as when engaged in work.
Talk as men shoot; make everything
that you say hit the mark or don't
waste your ammunition.
No man is an interesting talker when
members of his family are present, for
the reason that kin pin each other
down to facts.
You will find as you grow older that
a good many who claim to have their
coats off working for you have them
rolled up for pillows and are sleeping
on them In the shade.
After all there isn't any better friend
than the one who never throws things
up to you"
A fortunate man is one who isn't re-
minded every time his wife smiles OF
dentists bills.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

/ would call upon her tomorrow.
went TO bed. and dreamed all night
ulIat Alice was sitting somewhere in
a land full of dark mountains" and
that | was wandering abd'G in the
darkness. alternately calling and list.
ening; sometimes fancying | heard a
faint reply, which might Ice her voice,
or an echo OF my own; bu. never tiud-
ing her | woke in an outburst of
despairing tears. and my despair was
not comforted by ny waking.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
No. AS

are subject to fine. A fine is also placed
on bull-hghters who give poor per-
tormance or who do not begin on time.
The term of a prisoner in a peniten-
tiary is divided into three periods. The
drst is occupied with penal labor. The
second is labor in the training school.
with little play. The third, "prepara-
tory freedom" includes plain work and
many privileges.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
HOW THsY 90 THINGS IN MEXICO

, The bridegroom always furnishes the
trousseau of his bride.
Mines are generally worked as mines,
and not for the stock market.
In every city free night schools are
maintained for the working classes.
Church professions are prohibited.
Even a priest cannot legally walk the
streets in his churchly garments.
There is no hanging in Mexico, and.
outside what concerns the army and
The brigands, no capital punishment.
In a Mexican home the sofa is the
seat of honor, and the guest does not
take seat upon 1t until requested to
DO so.
Theatrical companies that do not
present the attraction they have billed
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
OUT OF THE VEST POCKET.

Neither camels nor elephants car
jump.
Tea plantations in India cover 25. 900
acres.
There are always 5000 British ves-
sells at sea.
Field rats are considered good eat
ing in Cuba.
Elephants can exert the strength Of
81 horses.
Savages, on the whole, live longer
than civilized people.
A carrier pigeon service was estab-
lished by the Turks A. ID. SGT.
Sicilian laborers are glad to get ten
pence a day for IA hours work.
Germans weigh nearly ten pounds
each man more than Frenchmen.
The heat of comets Is said to be 1000
times greater than redhot iron.
A church in Seidlitz, In Bohemia,
contains a chandelier made Of human
bones.
1t is claimed that at present the Eng
lish language is spoken by 115,000.000
people.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

We are annoyed until we are thirty
by the example" We should follow,
and annoyed after that time till death
gets us at the example" we are setting
others.
When a man fails in business his
thoughts turn at once to securing
public Office. Every man thinks it Is
easy to get one.
No one is jumped on so quickly when
he does wrong as the man who made
himself a self-appointed guide for
others
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
Holding Out.

Don't you think it would be well
for us to surrenderT inquired the
Spanish officer at Havana.
Surrender echoed his superior
81 wouldn't think of such a thing
not until we have gotten what there
is to be made by speculation in food
supplies"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
"Whnt fine chisel
Could ever yet cut breath 2"

This statue 1 might see, looking like
IN angel" as the gardener had said.
And, while the bond of visibility re-
mdined, must not the soul be, some
how, nearer to the earth, than if the
form lay decaying beneath it? Was
there not some possibility that the love
for whose sake the reason had depart
ed, might be able to recall that rea-
son once more to the windows of sense
make it look forth at those eyes, and
lie listening in the recesses of those
ears? In her sonambulic sleeps, the
present body was the sign that the
soul was within reach; so it might be
still.
Mrs. Blakesley was still at the lodge:
a !
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08
Don't Shiver!
eMWWo
Representative.

Winter is here and you need
Horse Blankets, Robes, Sleighs,
Sleds, Bells or something about
your Horse or Team-what is the
use Of your going around and
paying twenty-five per cent. more
for them than you can buy them
here for.
Remember we are the largest
wholesale and retail dealers in
our line in the state. We pay no
rent, no interest on borrowed
capital, look after our business
ourselves and pay no high salaries,
pay spot cash for everything, we
buy all for your benefit which you
get when you deal here. Call
and see anyway.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

The meaner a man Is the more
agreeable he tries to be.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

Hope for the best, prepare for the
worst and take what comes.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

Some girls sing like nightingales.
and some others like gales In the night
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-12-08

A chainless wheel is far more de-
sirable than a chainless dog.