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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-09-24

Mis-. Petty Robinson. 81 Coal Harhor,
was vi.iter at the opening Of the s'"eh'
era iustitute, Monday.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-09-24
Local Items.

Theresw,l, be:regllar divine servise at Tur
tie Lake, the coming Sabbath Ut so'clock p. m.
ald at Wasilburn, O'Clock p. m.
H. .HARDENBROOK. Pastor.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-09-24

R.G. P. vallanoy. with Farxell Ozmsn..
Kirk, Co., St. Paul, M.nn. was doing
business with county merchants this. week.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-09-24

-. NJ. L. Grifath, one of the editors and
propsistors OF the Lassl,e County .qIl.)
Gazette Express, was mp visiting With 4! hi'
old friend. Auditor johnson, this vsek.-7
Editor 9rinith was one of tho founders Of
tho Dickinson Recorder aud at an after
time controlled the cheq quered destines OF
the Steele Ozone. Though success in bus
isiness holds hum to Illinois, the viRor OF
elastic youth dres his eyes and electrifes
his nerves on revisitinR places of old time
slories IN the Jackrabblt State.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-09-24

: Through the jamestown Alert 10 are
informed that the n: p. Surveyors on tho
gykeston branch will push on to Fort Ste
vensou ON the lines marked for tho mail
ropte lot some three weeks ago. The
grading is now dnished up 70 the Mclean
county line. ZIG
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-09-24

George Downing the we'll known McHen-
~ County cattle huyer accom- panied by
Mr.. Moose, velva busineas man we're
looking up fat cattle for shipment, this
week.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-09-24

Charles Rathman, headquarters James.
town representing tho who'eAale house OF
Jevett Brothers, Aberdeen 8 D., Wa talk
ING eam ples to our merchants this week.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-09-24

Ex.Comm,eaioner Hanson aud his bro
ther Herman with their. hoys. have been
Unloading much Of their wheat ON the
Wash burn Mill Company, this week. !,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-09-24

The Democrats Of Mclean county we're
none est in legislative convention. The
county committee chairman; did not show
up and the whole business vent in grana
cullapee.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-09-24
BOSTON.
Always in the lead with the largest
and best assortment at the lowest prices.

We still have a few Of those suits
at s..
Buys a good business suit in black
or cOlOrs.
Never such BARGAINS offered In
any place.
Single or double.breasted suits
not excelled ID any supply house.
These suits are crack.s-tacks; you
must call aud yee how we'll you can
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-09-24

Coyotes are 40 plentiful and bold about
Fort Stevenson, that Mrs. Alfred Stsley
will not allow her three year old daughter
to venture outside of tae walls unless ac
CON panied by grown person. Mountain
lions and catamounts ara also in evidence
near tho abandoned pOst.
C. L. Hail. the miner, started up TO.
Beaverdam creek. Monday, and will start
the winter output of coal from tho sstter'
lund mine at onee. A .blustry winter With
variable winds will make coal piiea suffer
aud that is the kind Of winter We ace most
likely to have. !, ~, -.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1898-09-24

A good fleeced lined underwear, Ouly
per garment
Good heavy merino
Extra heavy wool fleeced underwear
The best all.woOl sock ever shown
IOE
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
LIFE IN THE COUNTRY.
The Numbering of Farm Houses md
Free Rural Mail Delivery Would
Add to It's Comforts.

Residents of the country desire to
see the rural districts placed in every
practicable way on an equality with the
city, and city dwellers are gradually
learning that the whole land would be
materially benefited in many ways if
this end were attained. The improve
ment of highways by state aid is long
step in the right direction, and makes
possible the introduction of other fea-
lures calculated to ameliorate condi-
tions and bring the back country dis,
tricts into closer touch with the world.
Easy means of communication, more
rapid transit, the electric car every.
where crossing the land, free rural pos
tai delivery, and some plan for naming
roads and numbering houses so that
the farm house may be as readily To-
Gated as the city house, are among the
improvements that the near future
ought to bring.
A plan for the last-named purpose is
being pressed by the California Cultiva.
tor. All roads, beginning at the county
seat Or end nearest, are divided into sec.
tions of one mile each, and each mile
into ten blocks, with an odd number for
one side and an even one for the other.
The houses on each block are desig-
mated by the block number, with dis
tinguishing letter following it. This
locates every house and tells how far il
is from the beginning of the road. TIC
find block 43G, divide by two (as blocks
and 2 are opposite each other).
getting 21s, and then divide by ten Gas
there are ten blocks to the mile), and it
will be plain that block 436 is 21.s miles
from the beginning of the road. The
adoption of this plan, the Cultivator
thinks, would pave the way for speedy
enforcement of a rural free delivery ot
mails.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
FIRST SOUTHERN TORPEDO.
IL Was Used by n Confederate officer
in the James River After the
Battle of Seven Pines.

The story of the first torpedo, which
was invented and used by Gen. Gabriel
Rains during the war with the Seminole
Indians, April, 1910, ended in the fight
ing of 16 soldiers (who had gone with
Capt. Rains to investigate the cause of
the eXplosion) with some 100 or more
Indians, and among the casualties the
wounding of the captain and his being
carried to Fort King in the arms of his
men. Another and second torpedo had
been previously placed at the post by
him, and soon after the fight 1000 OF
more troops were collected there, and il
became such dread to the whole army
that soldier guard was put over it
until Capt. Rains was able to go and
take it up.
Suppose" said one officer to another
high in rank, that the captain had died
Of his wound, what would you have
done?" II thought" said the second
officer, ''of firing at it with nine
FOUNDER at safe distance, AID thus
knocking it to pieces"
The occasion of his first submarine
torpedo was as follows: Soon after the
battle of Seven Pines, Gen. Lee, COM
manding, sent for Gen. Rains and said
TO him: "The enemy have upward of
100 vessels in the James river, and we
think that they are about making an
advance that way upon Richmond; and
if there is man in the whole southern
confederacy that can stop them you are
the man. Will you undertake it?"
81 will try" was the answer, and OBJ
serving that ironclads were invulner-
able TO cannon of all caliber used, and
were really masters of rivers and har-
bors, it required submarine inventions
TO checkmate and conquer them, so an
order was issued forthwith putting Gen.
Gabriel Rains in charge of submarine
defenses, and on James river bank, op-
posite to Drury's bluff, his first sub.
marine torpedo was made-the primo
genitor and precursor of all such in
ventions, now word renowned, as civ.
ilized nations have each torpedo corps.
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
A WAR DUEL.
An Exciting Incident of the battle
of Appomnttox Court-House
"A Brave Man.

Riding in the direction from which
the shot came, found myself within
long pistol range of section of bat
terry of light artillery. 1t was in posi-
ton near a country road that came
out from another piece of woods about
200 yards in its rear, and was pour
ing rapid fire into the woods from
which I had just emerged. AS l sat
on my horse quietly watching it from
behind rail fence, the lieutenant COM
manding the pieces saw me, and, rid
ing out for a hundred yards or more
toward where l was, proceeded TO cover
me with his revolver. We fired together
"a miss on both sides. The second
shot was uncomfortably close, so far
as l was concerned, but as L took de-
liberate aim for the third shot L be-
came aware that in some way his pistol
was disabled; for using both hands and
all his strength l saw that he could
not cock it. / had him covered, and
had he turned l think l should have
fired. He did nothing of the sort. APP
parently accepting his fate, he laid his
revolver across the pommel of his sad
die, fronted me quietly and coolly, and
looked me steadily in the face. The
whole thing had been something in the
nature of a duel, and l felt that to fire
under the circumstances savored too
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11

much of murder. Besides, knew that
at word from him the guns would
have been trained on me where l sat.
He, too, seemed to appreciate the fact
that it was an individual fight, and
manfully and gallantly forebore to call
for aid; so lowering and unlocking my
pistol, l replaced it in my holster, shook
my fist at him, which action he cor
daily reciprocated, and then turning
away rode back into the woods.
About this time the enemy's artillery
ceased firing, and l again rode rapidly
to the edge of the woods, just in time
to see the guns Timber up and retire
down the wood road from which they
had come. The lieutenant in command
saw me and stopped. We simultane-
ously uncovered, waved our hats to
each other and bowed. 1 have always
thought he was one of the bravest men
ever faced.-Gen. George A. Forsyth,
U. S. A., in Harper's Magazine.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
A PANToMIME DRILL.
An Artillery Compnny's Instruction
ut the start of the
Civil War.

One of the first artillery companies
organized in the west at the beginning
of the civil war was formed at st. Jo-
seph, Mo. 1t was known as long as any
of the organization were left as Coon
Thornton's artillery. Thornton was
lumber merchant in the town. He was
a Yankee. Prior to the war he was
Gisregarded socially. The community
was suspicious of the eastern man, es-
pecially one from New England. But
when he espoused the cause of the
south he became a favorite. When he
organized n company to fight the union
lie was hero.
There was not a cannon in the town
where the company was organized. 1t
was considered advisable to drill be-
fore going to the front. The only pub
lie hall in the town was used for this
purpose. A local artist who had seen
pictures of cannon chalked out the out
line of one on the floor of the hall. A
man who had been in the Michigan war
and had book on tactics was drill
master. The evolutions necessary to
familiarize the company with a
lines. In other words, the drill was a
pantomime. But the men were as
earnest in the motions as if they had
great gun.
From some unknown source there
came n cargo of Roman swords. They
were exact copies of those worn by
Caesars legions. Where they had been
stored and for how long no one knew,
unless it was the donor, and he kept
his personality in the background. But
when Coon Thornton's artillery COM
pany went into camp with the state
guard it went armed with Roman
swords and no cannon. The company
never had a cannon until it went into
the first fight. 1t was attached to the
regiment of a Missouri colonel, who
ordered Thornton to drop few shells
into n thicket, where federal squad
was seen to go. Thornton said he would
10 it if he had the gun. There was a
brass field piece in n wagon in the COM
m;ssary department, and ii was brought
out. 1t was swabbed, rammed and fired
in accordance with the chalk drill, and
did effective work. Coon Thornton's ar
tillery made an effective record dur
ing the war. The Roman swords were
never brought into requisition, how
erer, except when raids were made on
hen roosts or on fugitive porker.-
N. Y. Sun.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
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CIRCULATION Is LIFE.
And for This Reason Farmer and
Merchant Are Extremely Inter-
csted In Good Ronds Building.

The roads and highways of civil di-
vision are as the veins and arteries of
the human system, says the Suffern
Independent. Life and health, that is,
business and prosperity, of each part
can be had and secured only by the
freest circulation, and the conduits
must not be allowed to clog. While the
limb would wither if the circulation
was interrupted, the heart would also
suffer. Where would the proud city
of New York be without her magnifi-
cent railways, and what would have
been her condition if the great blizzard
of 1888 had continued month?
The village with its paved streets
and tagged walks may say: Let the
farmer build his roads; he is the party
benefited" The lord of the manor who
surrounds his grounds with high wall
and morass, and then beauties his
place for his own enjoyment and bene-
fit, may be wise if he has within him
SELF all he requires to satisfy his needs.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
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THE PICKET GUARD.

"All quiet along the Potomac" they say,
Except now and then stray picket
Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro,
BY rifeman hid in the thicket.
'Tis nothing; private or two, now and
then,
Will not count in the news OF the battle;
Not an officer lost-only one of the men,
Moaning out, all alone, the death rattle"
All quiet along the Potomac tonight,
Where, the soldiers lie peacefully dream
ing;
Their tents in the rays of the clear autumn
moon,
Or the light of the watch-fires cleaning.
A tremulous sigh, as the gentle night-wind
Through the forest leaves softly is creep
While stars up above, with their glittering
eyes,
There's only the sound of the lone sentrys
tread
AS he tramps from the rock TO the foun-
tain.
And he thinks of the two in the low trundle-
bed,
Far away in the cot on the mountain.
His musket falls slack; his face, dark and
grim,
Grows gentle with memories tender,
AS he mutters a prayer for the children
asleep,
For their mother-may Heaven defend her!
The mocp seems to shine just as brightly as
the-5
That night when the love yet unspoken
Leaped up to his lips-when low, mur-
INJURED vows
Were pledged to be ever unbroken.
Then, drawing his sleeve roughly over his
eyes,
He dashes off tears that are yelling,
And gathers his gun closer up to its place,
AS II to keep down the heart-swelling.
He passes the fountain, the blasted pine
tree
The footstep is tagging and weary;
Yet onward he goes, through the broad belt
OF light,
Toward the shades of the forest 80 dreary,
Hark! Was it the night wind that rustled
the leaves?
Was 1t moonlight so wondrously flashing ?
1t looked like rife: "Ha! Mary, good
by!"
And the life-blood is ebbing and splash
ing.
All quiet along the Potomac tonight
No sound save the rush of the river;
While soft falls the dew on the face Of the
dead
The pickets off duty forever.
Mrs. Rowland, in American Tribune.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11

"a Clog to Prosperity as Well as Comfort.)
The village which has placed it's streets
in perfect condition and has neglected
the highways leading thereto, has ar
ranged, like the lord of the manor, to
live in seclusion.
Has the village all it requires? Does
It depend upon anything or anybody for
its existence, growth and prosperity?
Is it not, in fact, most DEPENDENT Does
not every village depend upon the ex
tent of the accessible area of which it
is the center and metropolis, and the
prosperity of that area?
The village cannot shift the burden
upon the farmer, nor the farmer upon
his brother farmer. Each is interested,
and the contiguity of the highway is
but an incident. Suppose the Erie rail
road were abandoned; whose loss would
be the greater, that of the farmer livin!
within one-half mile, or the one mile
distant?
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
800 Reward 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure in
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in it's cura.
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address f. j. Cheney g. Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
No Rricnd,er Generals.

This story is told in Boston of Col. T.
W. Higginson. He was travelling in the
south few years after the war, and
CHANGED to fall into talk with an old
farmer, who had engaged number of
old soldiers to help in the haying. "You
see over there where those four men are
worliing?" asked the farmer. "Well, all
of 'em fought in the war. One of 'em
was private, one of 'em was cor
poral, one was major, and that man
way over there in the corner was a
colonel" "Arc they good men ?" asked
IIigginson. "Well," said the farmer,
"that private's first-class man, and the
corporal's pretty good, too" "But how
about the major and the colonel?"
"The majors $685. said the farmer
"But the colonel?" "Well, I don't want
TO say nothin' against any man who was
q colonel in the war;" said the farmer.
"but I've made up my mind won't hire
no brigadier generals."-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
A Queer Soldier.

James Hendricks, of Elberton, Ga.
who joined the confederate forces in 1861.
was in nearly every important battle
of the war, and declares that no union
soldiers were either killed or wounded
by him, as he always fired in the air.
lie believed war to be wrong from
every standpoint, and held that legal
ICED killing was no better than ordinary
murder. 1t was entirely from patriotic
motives that he answered The call for
troops to fight the north. Hendricks
says he is willing to join volunteer
regiment against the Spaniards, but
would carefully avoid taking life II
sent to the front.-Cleveland Leader
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
SIX Rest Winter Apples.

The best SIX kinds of apples for fam.
ily use in winter and for market as well
are the King, Spy, Spitzenburg, Bald
win and Greenihg, for sour apples; and
for sweet apples, Pound Sweet for early
use and the Belle Bonne forFlate use.
This last apple is n great keeper, OF
most delicious quality and great bear
er. 1t is an old Connecticut fruit ard
has been crowded out of sight by in
ferior sorts. To this list might be added
Hubbardston, Nsnesuch and Seek-No
Farther as appies almost sure to return
clean crops. 1t is remarkable how wei
these apples resist the attacks of In
sects and fungi.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
Shake Into Your shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for The feet
1t cures painful, swollen, nervous, smarting
feet and instantly takes the sting out OF
corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort
discovery of the age Aliens Foot Ease makes
tight or new shoes feel easy. 1t is certain
cure for sweating callous and hot, tired, ach
ing feet. TN Il today. Sold by all druggists
and shoe stores, Csc. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
Why He stuck It On.

'It strikes me, Mr.. Brief" said Mr.. Dog.
way, that your charge of $3.50 for this opin.
"No doubt" said Mr.. Brief. ''But YOU
see, Dogway, when you come and ask me for
tions, you've got to pay not only for your
law, but for my conscience. ."-Harper'f
Bazar
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
Public Clocks.

Few great cities OF America are adequately
provided with public clocks of such size
and so prominent location as to indicate the
time over wide metropolitan districts. But
it is high time to check kidney and bladder
complaint manifested to the sufferer by in.
activity of the organs affected Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters remedies this as it does dys
pepsia, rheumatism, constipation, bilious
ness and nervousness
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
Men of Mouth.

Some men seek glory in the cannon's
mouth, but those who seek it in their own
mouths are in an overwhelming majority
Boston Transcript.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11

Piso's Cure cured me of Throat and
Lung trouble of three years standing.-E.
Cady, Huntington, Ind, Nov. II, 1894.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
A Half Memory.

Teacher-Who discovered American
Street Gamin latter deep thought IL dis.
remember his name, but he was a Dago.-
N, Y. Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11

The six-hundred-pound lady in the mu'
scum draws pretty fat salary.-L. A. W.
Bulletin.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11
No Incl, Of Attention

Miss New.-I can't get my watch to keep
time properly.
Jeweler-Perhaps It needs regulating.
Surely not. / move the regulator over
the entire scale every day."-Jewelers'
Weekly.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1898-06-11

In using rennet for making chees,
use about 21a ounces-prepared rennet
for 1000 pounds of milk.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-01-12
For sale.

Parker Row, one Of the best pro
perties in Brownsville, centrally
located on the corner of Washington
and 18th streets, for $4,000 Us
currency
Also 600 acres of land, at $40
Z. S. curren cy. JOHN W. HoYT
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1898-01-12

LA Bola de Orc.


Geronimo Brother,
of Ladies'
latest style gentleman
siverware and other articles
ton Call and yourself Remem
place,
LA BOLA De OR0 NngB Cor Efzabhadtn Streets
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1898-11-19

receives certain sum annually
from the company's exchequer. If,
however, she should die, or marry
before her twentyfourth year, the
premiums paid by her father are
forfeited to the company. She is
quite at liberty to marry after her
twenty fourth year, but in that case
she of course, forfeits her rights.
Should the father die at any time
before the girl has attained her
twenty-fourth year, she can enter
at once the full enjoyment of her
privileges.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1898-11-19

One thing that seems queer to us
is that the work of soliciting is left
almost entirely to the younger MEM
hers, the older seemingly being
contentedly allowing" this work to
fall on other shoulders. Why this
should he the case is rather strange.
Many of our older members have
sons twentv-one years of age and
older who would gladly join the A.
O. U. w. if the pater would ask
him. But no, the father when
asked to bring some friend in says
he knows Of no one, forgetting his
son, now manly fellow battling
against life's storms. If you have
a son bring him in. You benefit
yourself as well as the Order at
large.