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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-09
LIKE MOLTEN SILVER.
BerlnE Sea Phosphorescence surpassss
All Description

Berlng Sea Ph-osphorescence suFpassss
All Description.
Il have often heard Of the wonder
full phosphorescence of the southern
SEAS" remarked a traveller from the
north, "and I have seen some pretty
fair samples of It in the Atlantic be-
tween New York and English ports,
but l did not know 1t prevailed to any
great extent in northern waters until
during the past summer. In August
last l was on board the revenue cutter
McCulloch, in the Boring sea, about
60 degrees north latitude, bound north,
when one night about 10 o'clock I
happened to go on deck, and I was al
most, frightened by the sight Of the
sea. The wind was blowing sharp
enough to raise the white caps, and
the whole sea looked as If it were
lighted from its depths by a million
arc lights, throwing their whitest rays
upward and under the flying foam. The
hollows of the waves were dark, but
every crest that broke, showered and
sparkled as if it were filled with light.
From the sides of the ship great rolls
of broken white light fell away, and
she left a broad pathway of silvery
foam al far back as the eye could
reach. But about this hour was the
most striking display. Here it was as
If the ship were blowing through a
sea of white light, and as the water
was thrown back from her Prov it fell
in glittering piles of light upon the
dark surface beyond. and was driven
far down below, lighting the depths as
If all the electricity of the ocean were
shooting it's sparkles through the
waves and turning itself into innum-
cradle i~ncandescents that flashed a
second and then shut out forever. I
stood on the forecastle deck looking
down into the brilliant white turmoil
of the waters until l began. to feel as
if it were afloat upon some silver sea,
and a really uncanny feeling took pos
session of me. The white ship was
lighted by the phosphorescence of the
waters, 81 that as high up as the deck
there was a pale, weird white, that
made feel as if the Flying Dutch
man were abroad upon the seas and
had passed by us. The masts tower
ing in ashy gray above the decks, and
every rope and line stood out distinct
ly in the light, but cast no shadows.
1t was all as ghostly as if we had gone
up against the real thing, and it was a
positive relief to get back into the
ward room, where there was something
more human. l don't know how long
it lasted, but when I went to bed at IL
o'clock 1 could still see the silver shin
ing through the air port in my state
room.''-Washington Star.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-09
VIENNA POLWENNA.

Vienna Polwenna, the elder. kept a
fruitshop in a Cornish fishing village
"a small and crowded shop, with a
Westinghouse on one side Of it and a
great glazing gin palace on the other:
and Vienna did a good business with
miners and fishermen, and they said
her stocking was full. But no man
had been bold enough to ask her to
marry again, for common repute held
Vienna for a witch, and no white witch
at that.
Twas said in Westoe that strange
things were bought and sold in her
small, %breathless shop, where the air
smelt always Of apples. and paid for
in strange ways; sometimes into the
wrinkled hand OF dirty apron of old
Vienna, sometimes into the pretty
brown palm Of young Vienna, her
daughter.
Young Vienna was very fair to see;
she was a brown girl with leaf-brown
hair, and black eyebrows often knitted
owe her large light-gray eyes; for
young Vienna had her mothers own
temper, and that Westoe people said
was the "Old Ones" but still young
Vienna was very fair to see. and her
lips were as ripe and soft as a cherry
that has seen the sun.
I, coming to Westoe to paint its
ruined castle, heard of young Wenna's
beauty and deviltry and old Wenna's
deviltry and ugliness, and went down
n summer evening to the little shop
to buy some fruit and to see with my
own eyes. Old Vienna was nowhere to
be seen, but young Vienna was serving
behind the counter, and her pretty
hands were stained with the juice of
the red currants she was selling.
"Curran's, apples. strawb'ries?" She
field up a handful each of the first and
last, and looked at me with laughter in
her gray eyes.
white %curraats," I said. Vienna
shook her head as she weighed out a
pound of black cherries for a boy.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-09
Strange Epitaphs.

Visitors in the Presbyterian cemetery
at Dover, Del, found in a distant Sec
ton of the cemetery, some forty feet
apart, graves of three young women.
They are the wives Of Alexander Nc
Clyment, a former assemblyman and
well-known citizen of the early part Of
the century. On the slab of Sarah, who
died in 1911, is inscribed: ooh mon
ster! My heart is torn asunder by this
CHASTITY wound" In 1916 Elizabeth,
the second wife, died, aged %, and her
tomb contains words ever stronger:
@Insatiate archer! Would not one suf-
fice?" But in 1925, when Elizabeth, the
third wife, died at the age of Is, the
sorrow-stricken husband wrote: "Thy
shaft fell thrice and thrice my peace
was NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Times.
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bAsHFUL COUPLE.
r.ied tn hide Their Happiness, Dat
Rtse Exposed Them.

r.,.a IN hide Their Happiness, En-
Rice Exposed Them.
II don't know why it IT," said IL. \.
Riggs of philadelphia, at the Hollana
House, "but young married couples a.
ways try to deceive the general pubic
and create the impression Una .ney
have been married for q long tlnle.
This has ned to many jests ana ores
but about az funny q thing IN inns Gun
nectior as I know of actually appen-
ed to a friend Of mine VINO got inui,
ried last year. The wedding occalieu.
in the city, and the brougbam IN WillciD
they drove away from the nous nau'
beer literally decorated. with
and streamers, by their AZ
soon as they turned the corner t4se
bridegroom ordered the 0achma 80
take them to the nearest a va
ton. and there dismissed the obnoA-
ious carriage. In pursuit ct tnelf plaLo
Of deception they determined to SIT ono
opposite sides Of the ear, to pretend not
to know each other, and to be appaf.
emily deeply absorbed in reading pa
pers. All Of this they did, but every
one that entered that particular a
would first glance at n and then at
the ollie smile audibly and givc'them
their undivided and amused attention..
They saw that they were discovered,
in what manner it had come about
they could not imagine. 1t was only
when they finally got into their state.
room in the train at the Forty-second
street station, that the reason why
their deception failed to deceive II,
yeaied itself, for then they discovered
that the brim of the groom,s hat and
the top of the brides headdress were
white Will: rice that had been thrown
at them when they left the house,
New York Tribune.
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0-round-Floor Bedrooms.

From the London Chronicle. There
is danger in. the porous character Of
plaster ceilings, which r often very
thin indeed. The ordinary ceiling is
"only a porous diaphragm permeable
by gases with considerable freedom"
The vitiated air Of sitting rooms there
fore frequently fnds It's way through
into bedrooms. The British Medical
journal asks any sceptic to Compare
his bodily and mental sensations after
sleeping In such = room and In n Mt
-uated over q similar room we'll :ventil-
ated and not occupied or Illuminated
by gas during the evening" The REM
edy, It says. II 10 have bedrooms on the
ground door. and hving. working and
cooking rooms upstai1p But aax abosa,
noises Z
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-09
J%EFFERsON's DEBUT.
HOW HE FIRST PLAYED RIP
VAN WINKLE."
1T Was In His Little Room In . London
Lodging House and 1t Almost Caused
His Arrest as y Lunatic-He Tells
the Story.

From Joseph Jefferson's "Reminis-
%cences": "My approaching appearance
was the important dramatic event of
my life. l had been five years from
America and was on my way home,
and 1 felt satisfied that If this new
version Of RIP Van Wrinkle succeeded
in London, my way was quite clear
when l returned to the United States.
On Sunday evening, being alone in my
lodgings, l got out for my W admira-
ton my new wig and beard, the pride
Of my heart, and which l was to use
in the last act. l could not resist try
ing them on for the twentieth time, l
think. So l got in front of the glass
and adjusted them to my perfect sat
isfaction. soon became enthused, and
began acting and posing in front OF
the mirror. In about twenty min
Who's there?' said L. It's me, If you
please said the gentle but agitated
voice of the chambermaid. May l come
5n?' Certainly not 1 replied, for l
had no desire to be seen in my pres
ent makeup. is there anything wrong
ir the room, sir?' said she. Nothing
ut all. Go away replied. Well, SIR
she continued, there's a policeman at
she door, and he says as low there's
a crazy old man in your room ,a-flingin'
of his arms about and a-goin' on haw-
full and there's a crowd of people across
The street a-blockin' up the way" l
turned toward the window, and to my
horror l found that I had forgotten to
put down the curtain, and, as it seemed
to me, the entire population of Lon
don was taking in my first night. l
had been unconsciously acting, with
The lights full up, to an astonished au-
dience who had not paid for their adj
mission. AS I tore off my wig and
beard a shout went up. Quickly pull
ing down the curtain, I threw myself
on a chair, overcome with mortifica-
ton at the occurrence. In a few min
utes the comical side of the picture
presented itself, and 1 must have
laughed for an hour. l had been SUI
fering from an attack of nervous dys-
pepsia consequent, upon the excitement
of the past week, and firmly believe
that this continuous fit of laughter
cured me-"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-09
SCENERY
Painted Upon Tough Brown Paper
for Portability.

for Portability.
Except as regards the part that
mechanism plays, the scenic artists of
fective painters, and the fact is so we'll
recognized in these days of almost all
scenery being done by contract-a res
ident scent. artist is getting to be a
rarity-that a great trade of this sort
has sprung up between the painters of
Italy and the managers everywhere.
And this is particularly so as regards
companies that come to America. So
heavy has been the cost of transport
ing tons of scenery, and so exacting
have the customs officials been of late
years, that the generality Of managers
at one time found it cheaper to have
new enc painted after they arrived.
But the Italian system. has largely
done away with all this, for it includes
the painting of the scenery on large
sheets of a peculiarly tough sort of
brown paper, these being numbered
and Joined together with unerring ac-
curacy. A recent grand opera produce
tion in this country depended scenic
ally upon these sheets Of paper alone,
and not even the Oldest playgoer in
the house could distinguish any pecu-
iiarity. OF course, the sheets are
spread upon canvas in the ordinary
way, and a 'toucher-up" is required
after they are spread, but the system
is imenseful useful when a new pro-
duction is taken from one capital to
another at a great distance, and the
Italian artists are sending their sheets
to managers all over the world.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-09

vienna, she sells nothen' that's
white" piped the boy at me. mot
even white cherries-no, my dear saul,
she don't" Vienna threw an overripe
cherry at him, and it broke upon his
cheek, leaving a purple stain there.
And her eyes blazed as if she would
have liked the fruit to be a stone. The
boy made of, laughing.
mot even white witchen'," he shout
ed from the door, and scampered on,
chuckling.
Nuns a fool" said a girl standing
at the counter, eating cherries, "but
sence the words spoke, Vienna. dear
life, villa let me have the powder?
TIES none too late to try IT,"
"Thou'rt a fool, too, Alice" said the
fruit seller, busying herself in a deep
drawer behind the counter that seemed
to be full to overlooking with packets
Of seeds. small packets and large, and
some almost infinitesimal..
One of these very small packages she
drew out and tossed across the counter
to the girl Alice, receiving nothing In
payment that I could see. Then. as
the girl snatched 1t up and put it into
her bosom, Vienna laughed and asked:
els it for Nat or Willy, for you named
no names, Alice?"
"I'm namen' none now" the girl
Alice cried angrily, throwing down a
shilling. and she ran out Of the shop
muttering to herself as she, went.
Vienna Polwenna turned again to me.
white curran's / haven't got, but
there's red enough an to spare. Villa
have red ones?"
nodded. Red currants will do
and a pound Of black as we'll"
A man at the end of the little shop
laughed out suddenly.
"Wenna,n serve you VII those fast
enough" be said. "Them's the Old
Ones colors, they du say. Is ia true
| Vienna Polwenna?"
Vienna laughed.
Maybe. You should be aslin' man
my that. Lell Trewavas." she said
"An' what are you wantin' tonight"
.sYou know we'll enough. he said
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-09
The Electro Medical and Sur
gical Institute.
OF FARGO, N. OAK.

No. 10 Broadway; P. o. Box 652.
Uses the combined treatment Of the
great curative powers Of Medicine and
Electricity. The Scientific Treatment
If the specialist cures the most pro-
nounced cases of any Chronic Diseases
IF the Stomach, Liver and Bowels,
Kidneys, Weak and Undevelopd' Or
gans; also Rheumatism, Catarrh,
Heart and Lung Troubles, Blood Poi
soning, Private Diseases, and all other
troubles of the Generative Organs.
Ruptures-A sure cure from 30 to 60
days; positively no pain, no danger, no
operation, no detention from business;
cured to stay cured. d,
x Ray Examination free to patients.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-09
CowardIy Act.

Frau Hingstermeier, the wife Of Herr
Hingstermeier, the lion-tamer, was
what may be termed--to put it mildly
"a virago. and held Hlngstermeier in
absolute subsection.
The lion-tamer returned to the 3faml-
Nv caravan one evening in q state of hi
larity which made him feel that he
would better postpone an interview
with his better half until this condition
had worn off. He, therefore, conclud-
ed not to sleep in the family quarters.
The next morning his wife called him
to account, and he explained that he
had been having a little jollificationt
and did not wish to disturb her slum-
bers on his return.
"Where cid you. sleep2" she demand
ed.
I'm the cage with the lions," he re-
piled, n,eekly.
"CowarGw Missed Mrs. Hingstermei-
er, with a look as of one robbed of her
Just dues.-Life..
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Bound to Depart.

San Francisco Wave: A youthful
Stockton man rushed to catch q river
boat for San Francisco, but was about
two minutes late. The steamer was
six feet out as he reached the dock.
He swung his grip aboard and, jump
ing, caught a rope and q post and held
fast. Every one imagined he had fallen
in. The captain, peering over the side.
saw his intrepid passenger. Here.
you" he shouted, "by Jimmy crickets,
don't you ever do that again!" The
passenger had hauled himself aboard
BY this time, and, turning Z look Of
scorn at the captain, said: What do
you think I'm going to do-jump back
and try 1t over.!"
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coming forward from the dusk into the
night. a tall and comedy lad in q Ash-
erman's jersey, stained with hard
weather and much mended.
"How do 1 know? You don't know
yourself, Lell," she retorted. There
was passion in the two young faces
looking at one another, and l saw both
had forgotten me, and drew back a
step.
Il want"-the boys blue eyes looked
deep into the girls gray eyes. and he
put his hand out and softly touched
Wenna's bosom, curving exquisitely
under her torn red bodice. l want
this-or these,' and his fingers drop
ped to a bunch Of dull blue berries that
we're stuck in her belt.
81 can't daren't," Vienna said.
"You must give me one or the other"
"Lell, they call me the Old Ones
wean."
81 don't care"
81 do care!" Wenna's eyes flashed
brilliantly into his-''an' you'll get the
berries"
Both hands trembled a little-the
fruit-stained hand which gave and the
sunburnt and cope-blistered hand
which took.
"I'll buy them, then" he said. 'Ill
not have them as a gift, Vienna" and
he threw a string Of fish on the coun-
ter. They're fresh caught tonight"
"Mammy'll cook them for supper,
Lell. Goodnight" Vienna said, With
dropping eyelids.
Goodnight, child wean."
Then she turned to me, with a some-
what dazed look in her beautiful eyes.
RED curran's, yes, an black. An are
you for gooseberries. sir, or will you
be for some flowers? Poppies, now.
or gypsy roses?"
"You haven't any more berries?" l
asked. And she changed color sud-
denly and dreadfully.
"No! 1 have peoples for my fancy
lads, but dwale berries for only one
man." she said, looking at me with
eyes that narrowed like a snakes
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-09
posroEF1CE on THE HIGH SEAS.

Passengers ON One Liner Get MAIL IN
a. BnrreT Thrown From Another.
An unusual incident happened on the
homeward; voyage of the Castle liner
Carisbrook Castle, which brought the
last mail! from the Cape.
The English, Letters not having al,
rived before the Lismore Castle sailed
from Cape Town for home, the captain
of the Carisbrook Castle, which was to
sail the following day, good-naturediy
undertook to deliver the letters to the
disappointed passengers of the
Castle Onlthe high seas.
Overtaking her on the ocean. the let.
tiers were enclosed in a tin box and
soldered up. This was then put into q
aour barrel, with a pole attached flying
a red flag, and, having passed the LIS
more Castle, and got well ahead of her,
the barrel was dropped overheard, the
captain at the same time hosting q sig
nal which had been ~prearranged.
The Lismore Castle, coming up on
her course. in due time picked up the
barrel, and the passengers received the
anxiously-awaited news from home
New York Journal
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PATENTS.

list Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
Joseph Hemingway, Spearfsh. S. D.,
making coke; Peter H. Holm, Warren,
Mimi, frelextinguishing hand pump;
Andrew j. johnson, Brainerd. MINI,
extension table; Emelia Lindeberg,
Button, Mimi. fire-escape; Lewellyn
9. Porter, Eldridge, N. D., smokestack
attachments; Carl X. Theo, Olso, Minn.,
governor for traction engines; Ferd-
inand r. Wolter, Kasson, Mimi, foun-
tain pen; Alvin L. Burlington, Mime
apolis, MINI, lamp body (design.)
Merwin. Lothrop & johnson, Patent Attor-
neys. Oil g. 912 Pioneer Press Bldg, st. Paul
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Kn.v the M,ni,ter.. ra,ent.

Willie had swallowed a penny and
"Helen," she called to her sister in the
next room, "send Tor a doctor; Willie
has swallowed a penny" The terrified
and frightened boy looked up implor-
ingly. "No, mamma" he interposed,
"send for the minister" "The minis
ter ?". asked his mother, incredulously.
"Did you say the minister" Eyes;
because papa says our minister can get
money out Of anybody"
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STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO. ls,

LUCAS COUNTY,
senior partner of the firm Of F. J. Cheney &Co..
doing business in the City Of Toledo, County
the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use Of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANZ J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In my
presence, this 9Th day Of December, A. 2. 1885
[SEAL1 a Nntarv Pnbuo.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
T. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Hal's Family Pills are the best.
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N~on-sinkable Beats.

The latest invention for saving life is
I non-sinkable boat. If people would
Jay as much attention to the preserve
lion Of life in other ways there would
De a great improvement. Hostetter,s
stom ach Bitters is a life preserver. 1t
cures dyspepsia, Indigestion and oil
::orms OF. stomach trouble. 1t is an ex-
:ellent tonic.
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wherein He Differed From Filipino..

Wherein He Differed From Filipinos.
1.-THE president" said Mrs. Henpeck,
who was reading the paper, has again
announced that the Filipinos can have
TO terms except unconditional surren-
Ter"
.Just SOP growled Henpeck; "but
Il they accept those terms they'll be
allowed to live in peace and quiet"
Mrs. Henpeck made no reply. She
frequently allowed him to have the
last word for the reason that it could
not do him any good.-Puck.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-12-09
Christmas

1t is. often difficult to select an ar
ticle, for. q Christmas present that will
be acceptable and inexpensive. The
John M. Smyth Co. have solved the
problem by offering for sale 5000
guitars at $2.65 each. thus bringing
them within tho reach Of everyone.
The firm is thoroughly reliable. Sec
lad" In another part Of this paper. Get
their mammoth catalogue.
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A Difficulty.

DO you expect to get a jury" asked
one lawyer.
II don't KNOW answered the other.
tits pretty hard to find a nan with in
telligence enough to answer our ques-
tons who hasn't read the newspapers
and formed some opinion about the
case."-WashingtOn Star. :
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That. Boy.

Anxious Parent-Well, Arthur, were
there many faults in your exercise?
Arthur Gust. out Of schooD-Oh, lots.
Anxious Parent-Did the Latin mas.
ter ask If. Ithelned your
Arthur-Yes;. and, 1 told him papa,
had. -,
Anxious Parent-why did yoDAGA.
papa?.
Arthur-Well;,. yo.p know, I wasn't
going to expose your ignorance, man.
ma, dear-AnsWanR.
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Grain Corners.

"Wheatmore," said the tall broker.
was a square man." g,
YES" responded the short broker,
who was thinking Of several wheat
leals, land his sharp corners often
dubbed against us."-Chicago News.
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A ROYAL nj. u.

The queen Of Portugal, having begun
the study Of medicine as q hobby"
has taken her degree Of M. D., and is
now the chief physician Of her con
sort. herself and her. children.
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Il All Depended,

Mabel-Would you marry a man who
had been refused?
DoAy-If he were rich, and. the refus
ing had been by the insurance compa.
nieR-Life.
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Aeeemblances.

Dillingham-Mrs. .Outre's affairs re
mind me Of this South African war"
Cuttinghurst-How's that?"
MISUNDERSTANDING of the bores.
philadelphia North American.
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The Pedestrian-You keep q hossel
Why, I had no idea. you were 90.
thrifty.
"Oh, yes. I deposit regularly II the
savings bank all the money! borrow,
from my friends."-1he. /.
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Thrift IL Blsasinw.n

New .Bombarde Combination Reversible PaDos
as.s BGs 9 =; e Ea%es; Sis 3 = Year, Asssss
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Dropsytrssted free by N. d. n! arssn,s
Sons, of Atlanta, Ga. The greatsstdropsy
specialists in the world. Read their advsrs
tisemenk in another column Of this paper,