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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
PITH Of H NEWS
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
Comprehensive Review of the
Important Happenings of the
Past Week Culled From the Tel
egraph Reports - The Notable
Events at Home and Abroad That
Attracted Attention.
Sporting.

John s. Johnson, once champion BIZ
cyclist and skater, will retire from the
sporting world.
Australian Bill Murphy and Patsy
Magner Of Yanktcn, meet Mt Sioux
City, Iowa, tonight in a %ten-round
fight for a $1,000 purse. Magner, q
few weeks ago, stayed fifteen rounds
with Tommy White.
j. S. Kennedy, the California boxer
who has aspirations for the heavy
weight championship, has been
matched to fight Peter Maher. Tom
O'Rourke has secured the event for
the Lenox club, New York.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19

When some people attempt to put on
airs they pile cyclones on top Of hurri-
canes
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
wAsHBuRN. : NORTH DAKOTA

The man who thinks little is apt
talk much.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-08-19
MIX Delow

Madison, WIS, Aug. II. = The assist
ant dairy and food commissioner ,se-,
cured samples Of milk supplied 81
ithirty.six Madison milkmen a few days
ago and Fred Marksswas fined $25 and.
Scests' In theNmnnicipal court for han
ding milk below the required stand
ard. 8asi
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
TRYING TO MAKE GOLD.

Back in the forests of Jefferson coun-
ty, New York, in cave. lives aged
Willoughby Burnapp, who has spent
nearly forty years in an attempt to
discover the secret by which gold can
be made ou. of baser metals. He has
not only grown old in the strange
task, but he has also grown queer, for
he acts strangely and talks queerly.
His appearance is that OF. patriarch,
hair. Forty years ago the craze of al
chemy revived in the farmiands of JEFF
ferson county. Willoughby Burnapp
and his young wife lived happy and
prosperously those days. But when
the craze for goldmaking came Bur
napp was one who abandoned the plow
for the crucible. His kitchen became
died. BY Cay he poured over his queer
book and by night the kitchen cruel
bles burned bright with evil fires. Fin
ally his wife died, his farm was sold.
and Burnapp. now grown old in his
fruitless effort to solve the question
of gold making, took up his abode in a
mountain cave, far removed from any
other habitation of man. Here he
lives and pours over his books, and
makes experimental without sue
cess. The golden secret is apparently
as far from his reach as it was the day
that he left the plow for the crucible.
But the old man is determined. All he
wants, all he asks. is to be let alone
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
SAM DAVIS.

their work in most brilliant manner
and young Davis was made custodian
of the documents, which afterward
proved fatal witnesses against him and
wrought his death as a spy upon the
gallows. The securing of the informa-
tion concerning the status of the Union
troops was one thing, but getting out
of the lines with it was another. All
went well until the Confederates met
scouting party of the Seventh Kansas
United States cavalry, known as the
kansas Jayhawkers." Young Davis
was the only one of the party cap
tured, and all the compromising docu-
ments were in his possession.
1t was clear that some one on the
Union side must have been the traitor
who furnished him with the dangerous
information he possessed. General
Dodge advised the young man to re-
veal his informant. He spoke to the
young man about his youth and told
him that he evidently did not realize
the danger he was in.
Young Davis replied with character
istic firmness: General Dodge, l know
the danger of my situation and am
willing to take the consequences"
General Dodge persisted and assured
him that it would be the only chance
for his life.
Finally Davis said: Il know that |
will have to die, but l will not tell
where got my information. and there
is no power on earth that can make
me tell. You are doing your duty as a
soldier and l am doing mine. If
have to die, feel that am doing my
duty to God, my country and my flag"
When the day of execution came
Captain Chickasaw of General Dodge's
staff just before the trap was sprung
which broke the young hero's neck,
mounted the scaffold in great haste
and again offered the condemned man
liberty and safe conduct to the Confed-
crate lines If he would reveal the name
OF the traitor in the Union lines. With
the rope still pressing around his neck
and within a moment of eternity the
boy turned. and with placid smile
and an unfaltering voice said: "If l
had thousand lives would lose them
all here before l would betray a
friend" He died without a semblance
of fear.
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
TliernOrn eters.

New Orleans Times-Democrat: 'It is
absurd to expect small cheap ther-
mometer to be more than approx
mately correct" said n gentleman in
the instrument trade. THE making of
a first-class. properly tested thermome-
ter is difficult job, demanding time
and skilled workmanship of the high
est character. 1t is done entirely by
hand, and each instrument is kept un-
der observation in the shops for at
least a month. Yet people expect to
buy something for 30 or 40 cents that
will never vary from the official figures
of the signal Office
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
nroth.r md Sister,

One of the strangest occurrences
which seems more impossible than
stories told in fiction, is recorded in
the current news of the day. Minnie
Brown, n pretty young woman from
Pennsylvania, who visited Union City,
Ky. recently, while there became in
fatuated with a young man. An en-
gagement followed a short courtship,
and she soon returned to her home IN
the Keystone state to prepare for the
wedding. She carried with her pho
tograph OF her intended husband which
she showed her parents, who recogniz-
ed in it the likeness of a long-lost son.
The young man had left home when a
mere child, and his parents afterward
moved into Pennsylvania, and he en-
tirely lest sight of or remembrance of
them.
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.
has More Graduates In Congress- than
Had Any Other College.

has More Graduates In Congress- than
Had Any Other College.
ihere were fourteen University OF
Mlchisan men in the Fifty-fifth con-
siess. one of these is in the senate,
anu the other thirteen were in the
mouse of representatives. They are
senator Cushman X. Davis of Mime
sofa and the following representa-
yves; Samuel W. Smith, Horace G.
sno'er' Ferdinand BruckeF. Roswell +.
pishop, William S. Mesick, and John ].
EehH' representing Michigan districts;
"ihneid 5. Kerr and Marriott Brosius.
Iepresenting Ohio districts; Marion De
,iies oil the Second California district;
oohh - Shafroth, representing the
rirst colorado district David II. Mer-
GER Oh the Second Nebraska district:
"ii'iaih II. King, representative at
iaise from Utah, and Theobald Often.
VINO represents the Fourth Wisconsin
oisttlct. In the Fifty-sixth congress
.he University of Michigan viii have
Two more of its graduates in the SEN
ate. Joseph V. Quarles of Wisconsin
ana Porter j. McCumber of North Da-
hota. In the house will also be two
others, James C. Needham. represent
ing the Seventh California district. and
Abraham l.. Brick of the Thirteenth
Indiana district.
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
MONUMENT TO DAVIS.
TENNESSEE WILL HONOR ONE
OF BRAVEST.
Although Pardon Was offered Him on
the scafrold He Would Not Betray
Contidence-Worthy of Place with
Nathan Hale
Nashville I.etter.)

Tennessee will soon erect statue
to Sam Davis, the Confederate spy.
who died as bravely as did Nathan
Hale during the revolution. Sam Davis
was trooper in the Second Kentucky
cavalry, Confederate States army. He
was 10 years old when he met his
tragic end. Early in November. 1868.
with others, he was detailed to pene-
trate the Union lines in Tennessee and
secure information as to the position
and strength of the Union forces un-
der General Dodge, then operating In
that section Of the country. He was
acting under orders of General Bragg,
the confederate commander, and was
to report by a courier line to his chief
at Missionary Ridge. When Davis
and his companions received their or
ders they Were told of the hazardous
mission which they had to perform.
The young Confederate scouts did
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
Is A GIRL OF JAPAN.
HAS BECOME PROMINENT IN
AMERICAN LETTERS.
Dur Japanese Woman Writer, Oroto
wa,anna. Whose Novel Miss Numo of
Japan Is just Out-In Personal Make
up sho Is Very Much Japanesque.
(Chicago Letter.)

The great west is constantly produc-
ing clever writer's, SO fresh and vigor-
ous as to be never-ending source OF
surprise to the older part of the con-
tinent. Among those who have re-
eently appeared none has sprung more
rapidly into notice as successful
short story writer than Onoto Watan-
ia, the young half-Japanese, half-Ens-
lish girl, who makes her home In Chl-
cago. Although not strictly a western
production, Miss Watanna may justly
be claimed by this portion OF the coun-
try. as it Is here that she has done
most of the work that has brought her
fame, and she says that this busy city,
with it's ceaseless energy and ambition,
Is her greatest inspiration.
In the scrap book In which she keeps
a copy of her published stories, and in
which she makes delightful and ori-
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
LAST OF THE BIG SCOUTS.

Mai. William F. Drannan, the last
of the famous Indian scouts, and the
companion of Kit Carson, is living in
Idaho, where he is doing scout duty
among the Nez Perce Indians. Dram
nan is the genuine article. He is au
Indian scout from the ground up. He
is 1.-the and agile and brown, six feet
two inches In his socks, and looks like
a fighter Of redskins copied from some
Kit Carson romance. Drannan is the
man who, in 1873, captured Captain
Jack, the CHEF of the Modoc Indians.
thus ending the bloody Modoc war. He
carries knife with which he has
scalped thirty-five Indians after KILL
ing them in fair fights, and he does
not know what fear feels like. He holds
up his proud old head and stalks about
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
Ten Beau. for Every Girl In Idaho.

With the bachelors outnumbering
the maids in every state in the union
it ought to be easy for the unmarried
woman to secure a partner anywhere,
but the region where bachelors are
most in excess is, of course, the most
favorable to the spinster, since the
abundance of unmarried men gives her
a wider range of choice. From a mat
rimonial point of view Idaho is the
best state OF the union, for there the
number of the bachelors is to that of
the maids as 1854 to 1,426, each un-
married woman in Idaho, therefore,
having ten or eleven bachelors, not
exactly at her beck, but available as
husband. From most points of view
the west is the Mecca of the young un-
married woman, for not only are there
more unmarried men in the western
states, but living is more easily made
in the west than in the east, and there
fore the western men are more ad-
dicted to matrlmony.
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
DOG CAPTIVE OF A WILD CIT.
Kept Prisoner In Hole Until His
Master Shot the Cat.


Master Shot the Cat.
week ago Frank Atlone, farmer
living On the outskirts of Cornell dam,
In Westchester county, missed his val
liable fox terrier dog Gyp, and all ef-
forts to trace the animal were ineffec-
tual. To-day when out hunting in the
thick woods near Croton lake Farmer
Atlone found the tracks of dog. A
short distance further he caught a
glimpse of wildcat. which darted up
tree. A moment later he heard the
weak bark of dog and then head
was showed out of hole in the rocks
under the tree. 1t was Gyp. The dog,
valued at 500, was literally a living
skeleton, and could hardly walk. Part
OF his hair was also missing from his
back. Farmer Atlone Immediately
came to the conclusion that the wild
cat had driven Gyp into the hole and
Kept the brute in captivity with view
of starving him to death. He fired both
barrels of his shotgun at the feline,
which was about to leap upon him, and
blew his head off. As soon as Gyp saw
the dead cat he wagged his tail and
barked.
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
DWARfS IN THE FOREST.
They Never Emerge from the Solitude
In Which Lloyd Found Them.

lhey never Emerge from the solitude
In Which Lloyd Found Them.
The English traveller. Alfred Z.
Lloyd. who has made the journey
from Victoria Nyanza to the mouth OF
the Congo in three months, the quick
est time on record, using the Congo
steamboat service and railroad for
two-thirds of the way, Travelled
through the great equatorial forest OF
which Stanley gave SO vivid de-
scriptioE. His route was a little tn
the south of Stanley's road, and he
saw much Of the dwarfs who inhabit
the forest region. II was three weeks
crossing the great forest" he said.
often the darkness even at midday
was remarkable. Sometimes l
was unable to read at noon. when,
as you know, the sun near the equa-
tor is almost directly overhead. One
day l tried to photograph my tent. but
failed on account of tho dimness of
the light We sometimes narrowly
escaped being killed by the fall Of
enormous trees. some of whose trunks
measured over twenty feet in circum-
ference. The silence of deaths reigns
in this forest unless broken by ami
mails or the fall of trees" Mr.. Lloyd
found game in abundance. There were
numerous elephants. leopards. butfa-
loes and antelopes in the forest. He
saw many more dwarfs than Stanley
met in the same region, and thus de-
scribed them to the London Daily
News: ~ saw a great many OF. the
pygmies, but, generally speaking.
- l,o Iph =
possible. At one place in the mid
die of the forest, called Holenga, l
stayed at village Of few huts ov-
cupied by the so-called Arabs. There
I came upon a great number OF pys-
mics who came to see me. They told
me that unknown to myself they had
been watching me for five days, peer
ing through the growth OF the prime
val forest at our caravan. They ap-
peared to be very much frightened.
and even when speaking covered
their faces. l slept at this village,
and in the morning l asked the chief
to allow me to photograph the
dwarfs. He brought ten or fifteen of
them together, and 1 was enabled 10
secure a snapshot. l couldn't give
tlmc exposure, dS lHe ps ShiSS "oai"
not stand still. Then with great diff
Guilty 1 tried to measure them, ana
found not one of them over four feet
in height. All were fully developed.
The women were somewhat slighter
than the men, but were equally well
formed. was amazed at their sturdi-
ness. Their arms and chests were
splendidly developed, as much 80 as
in good specimen Of an Englishman.
These men have long boards half way
down the chest, which imparts to
them very strange appearance. They
are very timid and cannot look a
stranger in the face. Their eyes are
constantly shifting, as is the case with
monkeys. They are fairly Intelligent.
Except for tiny strip of bark cloth
men and women are quite nude. They
Are armed with bows and arrows-the
latter tipped with deadly poison-end
carry small spears. They never go
o:itside the forest. During the whole
time l was with them they were per-
fectly friendly"
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
oNoTo wATANNA.

ginal marginal notes. she has written
opposite story entitled "A Japanese
Girl" This Is the first japanese story
ever wrote 1t appeared in the Com
mercial Tribune of Cincinnati" While
in that city couple OF years ago she
submitted tale of American life to
the editor 1t was SO good that he ad-
vised her to write something of Japan.
She acted on his suggestion and the
following week the Tribune published
the first OF the stories which are be-
coming so we'll known to magazine
readers. She cannot be classed as
painstaking writer, since she produces
her stories much too rapidly to be-
stow much care upon them. "A No
ble's Daughter" was written in one
morning. Her favorite is "BooBoo,"
the pathetic story of a half-Japanese.
who finds life too hard" The mar
ginal note in the scrap book reads:
This story Is, in my mind. the best
thing have written. 1t is human, and
after all. that is more than being ex-
traordinary"
Miss Watanna's talents are not con-
fined to writing fiction. She is clever
business woman also. Being one of a
large family. whom she was anxious to
help, she studied stenography, and so
expert did she become that year or
two later, when assistant editor of the
Jamaica Newsletter. she was asked to
report the debates Of the Legislative
council, and enjoyed the distinction of
being the only woman present at the
~ t,J ali
The yellow fever drove her to this
country, and she continued her steno-
graphic work in Cincinnati and later in
Chicago, accepting clerical position
which left her free during several hours
of the day to continue her literary
work. During the last presidential
campaign Miss Watanna was the chief
stenographer in Cincinnati, filling a
position Of much trust and RESPONSE
bility and doing great deal of difficult
work. She no longer finds 1t necessary
to work SO hard, and now devotes her
entire time to the portrayal of those
fascinating and original characters
which have recently SO charmed the
literary world.
Miss Watanna's- first novel, Miss
Nume OF Japan" will be published in
this city within few days, and, what
ever its ultimate success, cannot fail
to receive hearty welcome from all
who have seen in her short stories the
promise of greater and more serious
work. ~
Miss Watanna also writes for the
Japanese magazines Kokumin-no-
Toni and the Hansei Zasshi. published
in Toxic and her contributions, prin-
cipally on American life. are said to
attract considerable attention among
her countrymen. who are usually pref
udiced against women writer's.
In appearance Miss Watanna is de-
cidedly Japanesque, with the black hair
and eyes of her countrywomen, but in
stature she is taller than they. In her
simplicity Of speech and belief that all
mankind is as honest as herself she
resembles the fascinating characters
of her own stories. A noticeable point
in her productions is the fact that the
Japanese. in spite Of her simplicity and
contrary to the accepted theory, al
ways triumphs over her American sis
ter and modestly carries off the laur-
els.
he nrho opiz
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
The Mechanism of Style.

81 wish" said the man who was writ.
Ing a speech, that l could think of
the word / want" What kind of
word is it," asked his wife Some
thing that means cutthroat. robber and
villain. It's got to be a word of at least
four syllables, because l want it to be
polished sarcasm. Washington
Star.
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
SnntA CiAus' ShrInkare.

Willie is an observing little chap.
He enjoyed looking at pictures Of
Santa Claus in the newspapers, and
when, n week later. he discovered u
picture intended for Father Time in
paper. he shouted: "Oh, papa look
how thin Santa Claus has got in a
weekw-Yonkers Statesman.
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

DO you celebrate st. Patrick's Day?"
Yes: | always go to see the parade. my
husband iI always late to dinner and the
children all come home crying because
they got stepped on in the crowd"
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
Ono with Eyela>hes.

Only one marble statue of the human
figure with eyelashes is known. 1t is
the sleeping Ariadne, one OF the gems
of the Vatican. and was found in 1903.
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

in yours and he got botte my fourth bottle
fee! that am entirely cured Lean work day. hardly
realize that such wonderful possible Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound the medicine for women
Don't wait until prosrated with mysterious con-
don known as Change of Life" Mrs Pnkhan's ad-
vice and learn how other women got through
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
Do Your Feet Ache md Burn,

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns. Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. AT all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

DREPARE for the turn of life. 1t is critical period.
AS indications of the change appear be your physi.
cal condition is good The experience is wonderful
full of Mrs Pink
will give her advice without charge
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

like a tribal chief Unlike Col. Cody,
who got much of his training as
scout under Drannan. the major is not
spectacular He is true to life. He
eats bear meat, drinks water, and
sleeps on an elkskin bed.
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

Browning wrote better poetry than
Mrs. Browning" "Of course; he had
Mrs. Browning for inspiration"
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

IIICI, IIOI UUIC 10 oldIlu
on my feet for any
length of time. Terri
Bile pains when urinat-
ing and an itching that
nearly drove me wild.
l had tried many RENE
dies. l told my hus-
band | had great faith
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
TALKS WY7H
WON ONAEM OF
MIDDLE AGE

treatment all the time. but it
given up in despair, but your
me feel like a new woman.
would advise any woman w
write to Mrs. Pinkham. at
Lynn, Mass, and get her ad-
vice and be cured as l have
been"
Mrs. f. H. ALLEN, 41o Ne
braska Ave-, Toledo. Ohio.
writes:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-
Change of life was working on
me. My kidneys and bladder
were affected. l had been
confined to the house all sum-
1r,er NOT nble to stand
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

She has done 50 MUCH TOT Women,
surely you can trust her. Read
this letter from Mrs. M. c. GRIF-
rING. of Georgeville. Mo-: I
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAsI:-Thc
doctor called my trouble ulcera-
tion of womb and change of life.
I was troubled with profuse flow
When wrote to YOU l was down
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07
Good for L,t,I- Folks

Don't rture tho children with liquid and pill POI
tons The ly safe nxntiva for little ones
is Cascarcts tnndJ Cathariic Al druggsts lDc 2jc Soc
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

"Is your fiat crowded." Crowded? We
can't buy more than one meal at n time
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

in his cave abode. And this is grant
ed, for few persons visit him except
the poor authorities who have him un-
der their care
The Springfield herald., 1899-04-07

When l WrOte to YOU WIS uOWn
X months; was under a doctors
did me no good. l had almost
r Vegetable Compound las made
l cannot thank you enough. I
Who is afflicted as l have been to
The age-herald., 1899-02-19

Hon. William H. Skaggs, who has been in Chicago for three weeks, and who has been i'll most of the time, is again at home somewhat improved. Mr.. Skaggs had a severe attack of the grippe, and it will be a good while before he fully recovers
The age-herald., 1899-02-19
IT MAKES GAMBLING EASY.
The New Device Patented By San
 Francisco Man.

From the San Francisco Examiner.
 The 'hold-out'' is the very latest access sion to the wardrobe of the professional gambler It is really a double shirt.
 Now, there are shirts and shirts. but this particular style of shirt is the most in genious and useful to the swindling fra ternity that has ever been heard of up to date. It costs s1OO. and is considered a cheap investment, for 1t bears interest at dazzling rates-according to the skill and unscrupulousness of the wearer.
 To Jack Kepplinger's inventive genius the brotherhood of tricksters owes this novel contrivance.
 The new shirt is an instrument cleverly contrived to help player in holding out, or keeping out, of the game the game card which might have been dealt to him and which he thinks he may be able to use to better advantage at a later stage of the game. Having the right card at the right moment he takes no chances
 The shirt has a double or false sleeve, and cuff. The held-out instrument is placed between the false and the real cuff.