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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-15

declares that recent experiments show
that the gun gives no nash Of sign OF
IRE. It is practically ~noiseless. and ita
explosive gases are made to counterfeit
the recoil.
Yet this wonderful sound-destroying
device is 80 small that 1t can be put
on to the end Of any modern gun as
easily as q sewing machine bobbin
can be slipped into its place.
The French artillery experts have
applied It to their new rapid-nring field
gun. BY this combination they have
the most perfect and destructive gun
in the world.
This noise and fame destroying at
tachment is very simple. It is q tube,
which ID screwed on to the muzzle Of
. gun. There is but one piece Of nov
able mechanism in 1t, q hinge valve.
When the gun is fred and the projec-
tile leaves the muzzle, the outward
rush OF gases makes this valve close.
This stops the escape Of the gases in
that direction, but they md an outlet
in the two little passages In the upper
mart Of the tube. The gases rush out
through these with such force as to
make q recoil which offsets the recoll
of tho shot. The flash takes place In
the Interior passages OF the attached
tube, and is thus completely hooded.
When Colonel Guilbert Humbert, q
retired oficer, hrst brought his inven-
ton to the notice Of the French ord
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-15

France has a new rapid-ire artillery
gun, that marks the climax of field
weapons in modern warfare.
1t gives no smoke, no flash of flame,
and, strangest Of all, it makes no noise.
Yet this silent gun, that can be
neither seen nor heard, a shoot TWEEN
ty times a minute and each time hurl
a three-inch projectile containing $50
separate bullets.
In December, 1897, the Journal de-
@scribed the first experiments with a
noiseless CUR by its inventor, Colonel
Gutlbert Humbert. Last October the
French rapid-fre cannon was illus
trated. Now these two devices have
been united in a weapon that chal-
lenges and defes the world.
This gun, with its mysterious pow
er, is the direct outgrowth of the late
Spanish-American war.
There were two wonderful things in
the Santiago, campaign. One was the
smokeless powder guns Of the Span
iards on land. They placed our army
at the mercy Of an invisible foe.
The other marvel of that campaign
belonged to the American side. It was
the almost noiseless guns of the dyn-
amite cruiser Vesuvius.
The Spaniards in Santiago said it
"coughed" earthquakes. Without. any
warning report 1t threw bombs that
laid waste acres of forts, houses and
intrenchments wherever each one fell.
The Spaniards feared this more thar
all the rest of the blockading fleet.
The French artillerymen who &C.
companied the American army and
navy went back to their home govern
ment and reported the success of these
two most destructive forces of this
modern war-the guns that shot with
out noise and those that shot without
smoke.
The French inventor, Colonel Gull
bert Humbert, has already made a
noiseless gun. He again set to work,
improved it and applied it to the new
French field cannon. That government
adopted his invention.
The leading organ Of the French ar
tillery service, the Revue d'Artillerie,
from its secret sources of information
>gives IN account Of the performances
Of Colonel Humbert's new weapon. 1t
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-15
The Meanest Man.

A mean man on the south side agreed
early in the week to meet a girl at
luncheon down town last Saturday.
and after luncheon they were going to
matinee. The girl kept her part Of the
contract. She dressed in a new silk
waist and a velvet bonnet, and was In
the Mnchroom as the clock struck l.
After she had waited about five min
utes there came a note from the mean
man. 1t said:
1.-THE inclosed cards will show you
why 1 can't keep my engagement"
The enclosed cards" announced that
he had been married to q chum of hers
that morning.-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-15
READY FoR ACTION.

fired by the roa Of cannon and crash
of rifle volleys.
But the silent moving down with
nothing in sight to fight against would
be an uncanny conflict that no army
in the world is trained for.
Imagine it's effects upon the ignorant
and superstitious wild men that the
United States is nov fighting in the
Philippines.
Practical experiments have lately
been made by the French artillerists at
Chalons with this new gum. It has
been proved that 1t could destroy an
intrenched regiment or q battery in one
minute alta distance Of four miles.
The gun ia loaded with shrapnel
shells containing $50 shots each.
Twenty Of these shots can be fred
in a minute. This is an unheard Of
rate in a field gun. The explosive
charge which scatters these bullets is
melinite. like dynamite in strength. In
one minute this gun throws 5000 bull
let's. Each one Of these can kill more
sAuA VA0 AnoA az = uA6IdASV VI AVuA
miles.
The test which the French odicsrs
made Of this gun was by setting up a
dummy regiment ct this distance. In
a single minute almost every one Of
the thousand wooden figures was shot
through in some part.
"A battery Of old guns was placed at
. distance Of three miles, with wooden
posts for artillerymen. A single shot
from the silent gun disabled all the
guns and blew the wooden posts to
pieces.
The new gun was trained On Q ball
loon half . mile high and nearly two
miles distant. It took three shots 70
get the range. and the fourth shot blew
the balloon to pieces. It foated down.
I'm more shreds. 4 II.
In order to more perfectly obscure
the gun It va painted aSgresnish tint.
Another balloon Wasssent up to tn. to
sdisco1erEits location While this firing
Was going on. But even III IN eleva-
A<ELE --tSf4 ~ ~ 49, E.NFT FEAl
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-15

his body was found a week afterward
in the stream, which was a kind Of a
natural sewer. under a shop which
then stood at Third and d streets, on
which the drug store is now located.
The water had carried it there from
the corner OF Fifth and F streets. This
was not the only case Of drowning in
connection with the stream, but I
think It was the n which caused the
biggest sensation from the circum-
stances and mystery surrounding it."
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-15
What "~K.lsomines" Arc.

"Kalsomines" are cheap temporary
preparations manufactured from
chalks. clays, whiting. etc., and are
stuck on the wall with decaying ami
NAL glue: They bear no comparison
with Alabastine, which is a cement
that goes through a process Of setting,
and hardens with age. Consumers. in
buying Alabastine, should see that the
goods are in packages and properly
labeled. Nothing else Is "just as
good" as Alabastine. The claims Of
new limitations are absurd on their
face. They cannot offer the test Of
time for durability.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-15
Plastic Tool

A new decorating tool has been in
troduced for making raised designs
and lettering on walls. vases, etc. It
has a reservoir for clay at the extrem-
ity, with a piston which forces the
material through q flexible tube to tho
nozzle; the latter is held BY the oper-
ator, and guided in accordance with
the design required, and the plastic
clay is formed on to the substance to
be decorated.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-15
PATENTs.
List of Patents Issued Last Week Il
Northwestern Inventors.

List OF Patents Issued LaAt Weeok to
Northwestern InventoFs.
John +. Brock, Sparta, Wis, garment
stretcher; Aren Carlson, Pierre, s. D..
windmill; James H. Dean, St. Paul.
Mimi. voting machine; Sidney L.. Long,
Magnolia. MIMI, trap; Johnston Mea-
10y. Howard Lake, Mimi, trace fast
rning: Emil Newquist, Carlton, Mimi.
scissors-grinding attachment for sew-
ing machines; Tighten A. Robinson,
Minneapolis, Mimi, coal pocket; also,
swiveled spout for elevators: John
Stynesbergg, Biwabik, Mimi, monkey
wrench; William l.. Williams, Vino
IA, Mimi. furnace implement; Edwin
\ Young and I. r. Drake, Medaliam,
Mimi, yariable-speed gear for bicy-
cles. ~
Merwin, Lothrop & Johnson, Patent At
torneys. 90 Pioneer Press Bldg, st. Paul.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-15
THE WHOLE SYSTEM

May Become Invaded by Catarrh-Gsn-
eral Lewis Case.
Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, o.:
Gentlemen have used Pe-ru-na
for a short time and can cheerfully rec
Commend 1t as being all you represent
and. wish every man who is suffering
with catarrh could know of its great
value. Should I at any future time
have occasion to recommend . treat
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-15
The Boy With the Bow.

"Janc is a YER yclose student OF the
Philippine war"
What makes you think ity'
"She recently referred to Cupid as
The NEUROLOGICAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Plain Dealer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-15
TOTEM POSTS.
THE FAMILY CREST OF THE
BARBARIAN.

The Indian Belief That They Descended
from Some Beast. Bird or Fish-The
Totem Poles and Their Significance to
the Tribes. = B
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-15
Plain Case.

II, sir, am a gentleman and an hon
est man."
You can't be both unless you in
herited a fortune."-Indianapolis Jour-
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-15
Let Him Who Wins It
Bear the palm"

Praise unsttnted IS Accord
ed to ali honorable victocs.
4vhether in the din Of wa'
or in tie quiet paths Of peace.
Hoods SarsapanMa has evon
Thousands of vfctones ov<r all
Sorts of troubles of the blood,
and It IS Amerca's Greatest
Medicine. the best that money
can buy.
1t possesses the exact combination
which purifies the blood and brings the
color Of health to every cheek. It
never disappoimts.
Scrofu1a-" When three months old our
baby Roy was covered with itching and
burning scrofula sores. The best physicians
failed to relieve. Hoods Sarsaparilla saved
his life as it made q permanent cure" MRS.
LILLE NJ. FISH, East,Springport, Mich.
Erysipelas IA scrofulous condition
of my blood caused me to suffer from cry
sipelas for Is years. Physicians did not
even help, but Hoods S~arsaparllla per-
manently cured this disease" A. e. Smith.
20S Court Ave-, Jeffersonville, Ind.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-15
d@od1SMsqbmi&
E9232ES)ElsME

Hoods P1ils cure liver Ills tho nonlrrit.tine and
only cathartic to take With Hoods sarsaparille.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-04-15

aon. James Lewis, surveyor 0esefal q Ie1lD-8
ment Of your kind. rest assured that
yours will be the one.
Gratefully yours,
JAMES LEWIS:s'NyssSg
Wherever the catarrh is. there Il sureS
to BE q waste Of mucous. The mucus .
as precious as blood. It is blood, Ii
fact. It 10 blood plasma-blood with
the %corpuScles removed. TO stop tAiAE
waste, you must stop thi. catarrh. ~
never fails to do thls. sSsS
send for free scatarrh book. Addr111llSf
The PA-ru-nA Drug 2~A4utaetQRME
Co, Colunbu1 Ohio. 5aassss
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-29
Protzman,
The P Photographer.

THE conduct of the population in
Clarksburg and Fairmont was also
in great contrast to that of the peo-
pie of Morgantown ON Christmas
day. In these towns there was a
large number of DRINKS and the po-
lice had their hands full in attend
ing to them. Here there was no
disorder whatever and very few men
showed any signs of drinking at all.
The display of eatables i'm front
of st. Clair's Restaurant is
enough to make anyone hungry.
1t is a very creditable display.
THE experiment Of rural delivery
having been proven to be great sue
cess the further experiment of utiliz-
ing the star route carriers for indi-
vidual delivery will be watched with
much interest In many sections Of
the country these carriers have already
started such deliveries on small scales
and the patrons are already used to
the idea. 1t will no doubt be as snc-
cessful as the first experiment at rural
delivery pure and simple.
THE best meats in town at the
City Market.
THERE ought to be some sort of a
clearing house where gifts that have
been given by we'll meaning but short
sighted friends could be taken and ex-
changed for something that is really
wanted Every year almost everyone
gets a lot of things that he doesn't
know what to do with and If left to
himself and given the chance he would
get something that would suit him
exactly.
The only place in town to buy
groceries, fresh meats, oysters and
everything you want to eat, is at
the City Market.
THREE different styles of the guar
anteed water proof shoe at Waters
If they leak you get new pair.
THOSE who have not enjoyed rush
down Peasants street hill on bob
sled have failed to experience one of
the best sensations that can be had.
The fun is fast and furious every
evening. Last night there were sew
eral hundred people sliding down
the hill. The track was very fine
and the coasting was the best of the
kind that could be found. The sleds
run far out on the bridge. Many
amusing accidents have occurred
through collisions and how some OF
the small boys have kept from get
ting hurt is mystery to everyone.
Buy the Walk-easy shoe of Wa
ters', only S..
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-29
HortA Woxyantown.

LAST night the last money was paid
out to coal owners for this week.
Next Wednesday and Thursday will
also be utilized for this purpose. The
farmers are taking very little chance
of having their pockets picked or
houses robbed after they get the coin
and as soon as they get the money
they break for bank where it is left
for safe keeping. This is the best
plan to pursue and those who follow
it will have very little TO regret after
it is done.
EVERY garment in our clothing de-
partment that bears our label must
be the best of its class. Hirschmans.
A LARGE force of men are at work
on the wrecked lock at Dam No.
this week under the direction of Ma
jor Charles F. Powell, governorment
engineer. The force will work as rap
idly as it is possible, and while de-
layed to d considerable extent by
the high water, it is expected that a
good showing will be made in a
short time. The Monongahela is
falling very slowly
THE prices that we have put on our
ladies' wraps will make every one OF
them rapid sellers. Don't delay, come
before the stock is too much broken.
HirSchmans.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-29
Select Oysters 25c per quart at
st. Clair'S Restaurant.


HIRscHMAS' have made big re-
dHction in prices on all Ladies wraps.
Read their ad.
This is the time to renew your sub
scriptions to the NEW DOMINION and
whatever other publications you want
for 1900. We can usually save you
from IS TO IS cents by our clubbing
rates.
THE clothes hampers and waste
baskets, at Smiths dry goods store,
which are made by the Indians are
handsome, and only a very few are
left. Get one before they are all
gone.
MoRsANTowN people are always at
the front everywhere and of course
they will take a prominent part in
the deliberations of the State Bar
Association at Martinsburg next
week.
CUMBERLAND will lose its reputa-
ton as place to get married If the
clerk runs out of licenses any more.
The other day he used up the last
one he had and people stood around
and waited until some more were
received before they could get tied
IN.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-29

SEVERAL of the leading railroads
have issued orders to the effect that
cigarette smoking must be discontin-
ued among the employees. The order
further states that hereafter no per-
sons will be employed in the future
who smokes cigarettes. This is GER
tainly splendid order, and it is be-
lieved that all railroads will follow
suit. for it would mean considerable.
The railroads have strict rules regard
ing the drink habit, and it is no more
than what is to be expected in issuing
an order of this nature.
You can get more groceries for
your money at d. F. Kidd's than
elsewhere.
You can buy Jackets, Capes, Etc !,
at your own price at the Novelty
Co.'S.
PosTEN's City Market is leader in
low prices and always has been.
The genuine Banister $500 shoes
only SO. 90 at Waters up-to-date shoe
store
Select Oysters only 25c per
quart at st. Clair's. They only
charge for the 0ysters-nOthing
for the water.
THE Uniontown News Standard
thinks that the Pittsburg papers mis-
represented the man hunt for the ne
gro who killed White in that county a
short time ago and that the misrepre-
sensations published by them have
hurt the credit of the county. Prob
ably the Pittsburg papers have started
all the row and murder scrapes that
have taken place in the county in the
last year or two. No doubt many of
the cases are exaggerated when they
are published in sensational publica-
tinns but there is always great deal
of foundation for the stories or they
couldn't be published.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-29

THE boats cut no ice nowadays.
They have failed to get up here after
long struggle.
CATERING for entertainments and
families given the best attention by
the Delicatessen.
You can get the best groceries in
the city ''for your money! at A. L.
Nye's.
THE hands on the court house clock
have started to work again and the
time is being noted as it passes. The
cold weather always interferes with
the working of this clock.
A VERY few toys have been left at
Smiths dry goods store which will
be offered this week only, for half
price.
GET pair of old ladies VAIN lined
shoes, for your mother, grandmother,
or aunt. at Smiths dry goods store
for $1.25 or $l50.
SAMUEL THOMPSON of Brownsville
who recently died left among his 9TH
er property fifty shares in the Second
National Bank of this place. His es-
tate was valued at half a million dol
lars.
THE annual meeting of the Turn
Verein Concordia will be held in the
hall in Seneca at 1870 o'clock on
January It'll, 1900, for the purpose
of electing officers for the ensuing
year and transtcting such other BUSH
ness as may come before the meeting.
If you need flowers for entertain
ments or any other purpose send
your order to Miss Mary Jenkins,
Grafton, and you will get the best
and at a fair price.
THE weather on Christmas was old
fashioned enough to suit the most fas-
tiaious and it looks as though the
same fashion would prevail during the
winter
THE holiday trade at Smiths dry
goods store was grand success, and
now they are ready to furnish win
ter goods, such as blankets, hosiery.
underwear and woolens, which will
be in harmony with the weather.
WITH Pittsburg having 70 DRINKS
run in on Christmas and Uniontown
having rs run in for the same charge
the latter will put on metropolitan
airs.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-29
ABBOTT Orr FRIENDS.
Personal Mention Of Prominen mt People
Where they are and How they are.

Personal Mention Of Promine mt PeopI,
Where they are and How they are.
Mr.. w. S. Hamilton OF Fairmoni
came in this morning on business.
Roy Barthlow is at home from Nc
Keesport and will be here for couple
or weeks.
+. NJ. Dawson has gone to Pitts.
burg and viii be at home on Satur.
day evening.
G. L. st. Clair has gone to Pitts
burg on business trip and viii be
away for several days.
AL Rider, of the Pump Station,
who has been at his home for the
holidays is back at his post.
Bernie Morgan is holding his own
though it was reported yesterday
evening that he was nos SO well.
Mrs. Cyrus Fife has been indisposed
for several days. We hope that she
may soon recover her usual health.
Charles w. Waddell who has been
at his home at Brandonville in Pres
ton county is back in Morgantown.
Mrs. W. G. Davis and little daugh-
ter, of Allegheny, Pa, are with her
parents DR.. and Mrs. +. II. Coombs
mere.
George NJ. Stops who has been al
his home In Greene county on vaca-
tion is back at his post again In this
office.
Peter Chalfant and Mrs. John Il.
Price have gone TO Pittsburg where
they Will spend several Gays visiting
relatives.
Edward Domain who has been at
home here for several days has return
ed TO Harrisburg, Pa, where he Is
now located.
John Sweeney of Wheeling who is a
recent graduate of the University
came in on Thursday afternoon and
left Friday morning.
Clark Jones formerly resident of
this county but who now lives Ia MD
fion is here visiting relatives aud
looking after some business matters.
DIR. Hupp Sands has been appoint
ed as physician and surgeon for the
b. 81 o. at Fairmont To assist DIR
Brownfield for whom the work has
been too great.
Mrs. K. w. Dawson, of Uniontown,
arrived on Thursday afternoon from
Fairm0nt where she had been visit
ing relatives and is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. A. L. Nye.
Miss Emma Boughner is at home
from Parkersburg TO remain until
alter New Years. Miss Emma s
friends are very much pleased &c
see her again.
Col. S. A. Posten has been laid up
for week from carbuncle on his
face. He has suffered severely from
it but we are pleased to say has com
menced to mend.
Prof. W. W. Tapp, of Harrlsville
is visiting his mother and Other
friends at Vaudeville and is in towr
to day. His many old Monongallt
friends are pleased to meet hin
again.
Mr.. M. j. Somehow is in Balti
more to consult a specialist about
his eyes, They have been troubling
him for some time and require con
slant care. We hope he may have
them permanently restored.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cakes Talbot who
spent the day here on Thursday
have gone to Pittsburg and from
that place they will go still further
on their wedding trip but they have
not decided just where they will go.
Capt X. D. Walker spent short
time here Yesterday greeting his old
friends For years the Captain ran
all the trains on the f., M. d +.
between here and Fairmont max
ing three trips each day. He il
widely known and very popular
here.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-29
now We sell Diaries.

We have nice one for the vest
pocket at 25c. Then We have
them note size for 35c, soc and
$I.00. If you want to keep a
complete record buy "a large
desk diary. They cost 75c and
81. Daily reminders Csc. Call
and look over what we have.
THE ACME BOOK STORE.
I'll. l.. Swisher, Prop'r.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-29
Wbat Were You Doing
One Year HacTc.DaV?

You can't tell perhaps. Well, II
you had kept dairy you could
have turned to it and could tell
just what happened to you on
that day.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-29
Ohe People

Can't agree as to whether Boer
or Briton will win, but they
are unanimous in their opinion
about you winning If you will
only buy a few lots in
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1899-12-29
CANT HELP 1T.

They Must Go.
We will sell them far below
what we paid for them.
There is none nicer than our
Xmas goods.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1899-09-20


"organized hypocrisy"i sa phrase that
best depicts the policy of the expansion
lists. What they so glibly characterize
as war for humanity is in realty a war
for the suppression of the noblest of hui
man. instincts the desire to be free and
independent: what they proclaim aquar-
rel of necessity is IN factsa useless strug-
gle in which might takes precedence
over morals and justice; what they hold
to be d duty is nothing short of unmiti-
gated oppression; the men whom they
practically denounce as traitors are con-
sober-mlnded titlzens who see
the dangers into which policy of mill
tarism is leading us and who have the
to sound the warning. Not a
single pretext upon which the war was
started has borne the stamp of sincerity.
has ruled from the outset, in
the management of the war as we'll as
in its inception.