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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

information while You Wait.
Mr.. /. N. ventor Of Waverly writes:
II have invented a folding bed.
Please tell me how to get It in the pa
per-"
Fold bed. Unfold paper. Then wro~
Baltimore American.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28
Marked for Death.

Cedar Falls, Iowa, July %. = VIII
Barger, a farmer aged thirty-lve years
living nine miles southwest, was killed
Dy lightning while driving home. Hit
hired mar. and the team were unin
iured,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

hoy killed BY IdErhtninx.
Yankton. s. d.. July 22.-During til.
recent severe storm the. thirteen-year
old son OF John Walz of Memo wa
struck by lightning and killed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28
ANYTHING Goes,

ANytnInK WOCNs
"What sort of a man is your ideal!'
asked one summer girl Of another.
ooh. I like tall, fair, intellectual
types" was the answer. =.
"Well, that is just my style, too"
said the first speaker.
But when the short, dark and brain
less youth arrived at the hotel, he ap-
peared to fill the ideal all right.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28
HANS Cstarrh Cure
On internally. Price, 75a.

As a man grows older he gets II
as contradictory and obstinate az
was when he was yourg.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

Happiness cannot be bought, but one OF tho
great hindrances to It's attainment can be ~
moved BY Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutti.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

Many causes inducs grsy hair. but PAHxxl's h
DALsAM brings back tho youthful color.
HIxD1soos1s. u bess care for corns. lscts.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

lido not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and colds.-JoHN =
BOYER, Trinity Springs. Ind. Feb. IL. 1900
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

Because a man earns money by it
does not make it work; because hi
does not, does not make it pay.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28
Volcanic Eruntion.

Yokohama, July 22.-NIount .Azums
near Bandaisan. which was the G E
of a volcanic disaster In 1883. brok
into eruption July II. Two hundred
persons were killed or injured.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

There is only one box a man gets
into that he does not ask his friends to
help him out of, and he would then If
he could.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

Dld You Ever Run Across
an old lsttsr-ink al faded outi Couldn't h,
bSen Castsr's Ink for II dossn't fade.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28
There Are Others.

Briggs-I see a Wisconsin court has
granted an injunction against a young
man whose friends didn't want him to
get married.
Enspeck-I wish to heaven my
friends had been so thoughtful
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28
Her Speciality.

1.-THE average mi knows how to
say NO."
ooh, yes! She can make it express
all possible shades Of meaning."-Puck.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

mrs. Window Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces I'm
dammaton. alays pain. cures wind collie. Csc . bottle.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

70 Cure Dandrun Quickly
upe Coke Dandru6 Cure. Money refund,
if IL fails, 90 why not try 1T
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

There are three things that need
be well trimmed lamp. = lawn and
woman.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

The population Of China is estimated
at 100000.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

Bea philosopher: but, amidst
your philosophy, be q man.-Hume.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

It's q long lane that has no turni1
but some turn SO much they wa
space.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

AS the weather warns up congress
dries up.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

DIR. J. H. RINDLAUB, Specialist,
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
Fargo, N. d.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28

could not walk. The
doctor told my hus-
band I would have to
undergo an operation. ~~
This I refused to do(~MAM
until I had givenyour 65aHk
medicine a trial. Be- ~ Mks&&I
fore I had taken 81 H5}XA
one bottle the 81 WK%
swelling be- G~.
gan to disap- 1& TIL
pear. I con- vi
tinued to use tMSHM
your medicine xvi I.
until the swelling IA
was entirely gone. III
When the doctor I
came he was very A@
much surprised to
SEQ me 80
. a.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-07-28
OVARIAN TROUBLES.

Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Cares Them-Two Letters from Women.
"DEAR MRS. PNKHAM:-I write to,
tell you Of the good Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
me. Twas sick in bed about five weeks.
The right side of my abdomen panied
me and was SO swollen and sore that I
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
GETTING THE DUKES FIRST NAME.
-om The Philadelphia Post.

From The Philadelphia Post.
The present Duke of Norfolk is 50 public spirited
that, in spite of his enormous wealth and his deni
Postmaster General i'm Lord Salisburys Cabinet
IS the Premier Duke ard Earl Of England and
Hereditary Grand Marshal, with a string of titles
yard long, is plain and unassuming in appearance
and manner.
He looks like a prosperous farmer. has beard
that gets trimmed when he happens TO think of it,
and his clothes have the appearance Of having been
bought at second hand shop.
He made one Of the best Postmasters-Genera raj
England has had he always the
alert TO that his subOrdinates did their duty.
One day q year two ago he went into small
postoftice and telegraph station. which was in
charge Of a smartly dressed young postmistress
who was busily talking with a young man. who
lounged languidy on the desk.
With some difficulty the Duke found telegraph
blank and pen and ink, without any assistance from
the young woman, and ne wrote dispatch which
he signed, Norfolk
He then said quietly: "Will you kindly send this
at Once?'
No notice was taken Of him and the postmistress
continued talk glibly to her adInirer- second
and third time the Duke tried 70 secure her at
tentiOn. and finally succeeded. She read the dis
patch negligently, and then Tipping IL back, said
airy:
Sign your first name. We don't take dispatches
signed with the last name only
The Duke amended his signature TO The Duke OF
Norfolk" and quietly handed il in. The young
woman grew pale as she read it, and paler still
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
now THE DISCUSSION ENDED.

From IIarper's Magazine.
II was whispered in Washington that the Mon
tagur browns were not as rich as other members
q: h. they mad 10 practise economy
where il did snow. But tonight there Ger
taiuIy no hint Of economy anywhere. There We're
Strawberries. utnOuSc grown. and terrapin and
cauVas back duck. though both were cXOrhitant In
the market. The handsome table cloth had been
TuthlpSSly cut. and through the opening a cluster
of American Beauty loses their stems on the floor
shot uD two feet above the {: ule Il the most
(. effective table decoration of the winter.
Mrs. Montague Brown. young, pretty and ambt-
tious smiled smile Of pleasure. She reflected
cnmp,a acrutly that she had captured Cabinet Ot-
Ger for this dinner The vcrsation bowling
along smoothly. and she leaned forward To listen.
The guest Of honor vas speaking.
And still | insist that wOmda do society
all the time without negecting her household and
children
'Nat at ALL smiled Mrs Montague. Il think |
can UcrSuade YOU to "A contrary # YOU She
paused observing that ne %as staring with wide
open eyes at the doorway. a tiny, half-clad figure
stood there.
Mamma. Marv's Ia the kitchen and tant find
my mighty" piped Montague Brow, jr.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
THE SAFE WAY TO WATCH FIGHTS.

From The Chicago News.
The Colonel and / talking under shade trea
In front OF the town pOstOtice when cog light
started down the street
Come on" I said. ] sprang up.
Come this way replied the Colonel. he
seized my and drew me into doorway.
But [ want TO the dog fight" i protested.
Yes. reckon ye do; but you also want 10 keep
clear of the shooting"
why should there be any shooting2"
because dog has got to lick tother. a1i
the owner of the licked dog amt SOIn' 10 let it
rest that way. There they go!'
Ten minutes later stepped out, 10 find one
man lying on the ground with two bullets in him
and some people carrying away second with
half a dozen.
Dog fights are bewtiful affairs, said the Colonel
walked away. but the safest way 10 see
kentucky is TO wait till it's all over and
the dead carried or
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09

that there many stray theatrical attaches
there, too-dressers who have long brooded
over the unhappy pecuniary necessity that com
pels them TO work in the neighborhood Of the
New-York Rialto instead Of in their own Paris.
To these people this matinee is a yertable feast;
any one can see that they drinking in pleas
ure with every moment; there is hardly a book
Of the play to be seen among them and in the
entr actes they chat quietly, but happily
In the language of the pay.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
now THE ARTIST VAS cALLED.

From The Philadelphia Post.
When Henry :. Watson, the illustrator. landed
at Naples ne did knew much about European
travel lie had make some sketches in the viii
laF,s about Naples. ana his experiences have filed
him with wonder enough for u lifetime. Ills deft
pencil helped him hit. AT one little village inn
he tried To get il through the landlords head that
he was to be called early i'm the morning. He
couldn't make himself understood. At last he drew
Il picture of himself lying in bed, the sun pecping
through the window. the clock at the hour of
and the chamhe-maid knocking at the door. Then
il quite plain. and they woke him on the tick.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
AN UNREASONABLE PATIENT.

From The Youths Companion.
II is sometimes we'll 10 be reminded that ways
are as puZZliag the Oriental as his are TO A
young Chinese physician in Cleveland. who has n
number Of American patients, recently told some
friends Of a which he had last summer
Young girl come TO with much sunburned
neck" ne said. Il say. You get this out bathing?
She say. No: | get II wearing lace yoke. What
you pTescribe? | say. Cloth yoke and she look
offended and go away. / don't see why. American
girl very funny"
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09

when the Duke, writing another dispatch. passed II
TO her. politely saying. This goes free AS ociai
matter" 1t was addressed To the young woman 5
chief ana thus: Have Miss Blank. Of Blank
Station removed "A once for inattentiOn to duty
Tears and supplicatioHs followed. ana the Duke
finally consented To withhold the second dispatch,
but with It warning
But the coudescendnE remark. sign your first
na me" was good To- keep. and the Duke told
the story whereupon his friends dc Jared the joke
% De- on himself and not on the pOs.IEi-tGess.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
MINED IN ms LOCATION.

From The London Express.
The following IS told Of an American gentleman
who recently stopping with his wife at the
Hotel Cecil ON their first evening there he hap
Dened retire somewhat later than his spouse
Arriving "A the door of what he imagined to be
room. and finding il locked he tapped and called
Honey" No answer came. and he called again
and more loudly, Honey Still he got reply
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09

endearing term with his full lung power. This
time a reply came. and a male voice. Go away,
you blithering idiot! This is bathroom, not
blooming beehive!' '-' '--.---
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
q sas5s THE HREBUNES |
SF5Te,ZARF"DERECTORy
SSS&k&f4ff11pcRlAa Aa@ass..s >HeW YORK.
TeWVOrE.

HnSir,us
'S''N'-' S@"NN'' S"D ~eeS 81.
Hrt SCHOOLS CutiOn Applied Wnen
Hrt Ieatber IorR- (Screau Fnrnaurs
Hrss in Dccoraton Holiday Novlnes S
Ecclesiastical Hr R. memorials oyn
General painter J. ST. Hard Woa1 Finhn
Japanese Elrt Objects Chiue Pl1i1
Co Daglerreotppes: original
PAINTINGS Rrtn5: NJ (4rhsh
C.
(tlH Paintings Water CO'OUHgs, E6hngS, EHgraUilg9.
PAINTINGS lgorRs of Hrt: % G,if9v @ W4ii1g CS & on ~
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
Parkman's Life
Third Edition Ready

His portrait of Parkman is really full
and striking. Ii shows in clear relief
man of heroic mOuid.-Nszg York Tribune.
A LIFE OF FRANCIS PARKMAN BY
CHARLES HAIGHT FARSHAM. With Portraits.
SyO. Cloth. $3.50.
To read so sympathetic and discern
ing a book as that of Mr.. Farnham is to
become engrOssed in the historian in
mediately.-ChicGgO Record.
Reckoning vividness of pOrtTaiture TO
be the right aim of biography, we must
consider Mr.. Farnham's life of Francis
Parkman a wholly admirable book
The Dial.
Mr.. Farnham has given US a very ex-
traOrdinary biography. Whoever
reads these pages will turn with new
interest to Parkman's works.-BHfdlO
Express.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-09
James MartineaG

A Story and Biography. BY Rev. s, w.
JACKSON. With portraits SvO, cloth, $500.
Third edition.
Must be reck0ned among the notable
publications of the year I'm these
chapters are contained some of the most
inspiring work that has been done in
modern times on theology.
New York.
EreH the reader Of ephcmerGl nOreiS ndB
tCeu Dc thrilled by this record of q Tong Ire
Of pure duty and of high thinking and SER
ing. Mr.. Jackson has given the world as
individual portrait as that of the artist
who painted the picture reproduced in the
middle Of the book. You can see the
brush strokes of a master in both.-BOS-
ton Transcript.
DIR. Jackson brings us to a near con-
temptation OF the great mind and soul of
James Martineau. and in doing this he
aids humanity and eL.riches literature
Philadelphia Item.
LITTLE, BROWN e. CO., Publishers
254 Washington St, Boston.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
THE SOAP BUBBLE.
Geometric Research Has Proved That 1t
Is Perfect Sphere.

Geometric Research Has Proved That 1t
Is q Perfect Sphere.
A perfect sphere presents the least
amount of surface in proportion to it's
bulk. Apart from geometric proof the
best illustration of this fact is to be
found in the common soap bubble. The
envelop is perfectly elastic and homo
geneous. and when detached from the
pipe it takes the form of a perfect
sphere, because in that shape the least
amount Of film contains the greatest
amount of air. or in other words, it
presents the least amount of surface
in proportion to its bulk. The early
experiment to prove the incompressi-
bility Of water was founded on a
knowledge Of this fact. the knowledge
having been obtained by geometric re-
search. A golden globe was filled with
watfr and subjected to pressure, the
eSperimenters knowing that if it
could be altered in shape the water
IIust be compressed" A similar prob
lem has been propounded. How
should a shepherd arrange 100 hur-
dies so as to contain the greatest num-
Der of Sheep" and the answer is, elm
a CIRCLE" and what is true of a circle
is true also of sphere. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
TR EN- BLING MOUNT
PEAK NEAR MONTREAL WELL
WORTH VISITING.
Height of the Mountain Determined as
e,4O0 Feet-Eastern United States Has
Nothing to surpass the Panorama
Viewed from Its Top .

In a speech delivered in Victoria, B.
e., Lord Dufferin once described
Canada's most western province as
sea of mountains. 1t has been consid-
cred happy expression, and no doubt
it was, though the true sea of noun
tains is, after all, the Laurentian
range. The peaks of British Columbia
are too sharp, too soaring and too
rocky to convey a very accurate i'm
preston of waves, but the Laurentians
are SO rounded, SO regularly inter
vailed, and of a tint, under summer
skies, which is such a wonderful imi-
tation Of old oceans blue, that the
traveller on looking down upon them
for the first time will almost certainly
notice their resemblance to swelling
pillows. The greatest obstacle to en-
| joying the illusion, OF rather such OPP
portunity to grasp an adequate con-
ception of the Laurentians as they
really are, is the difficulty of finding a
| point of vantage. Earth's Oldest range,
for such we are told by biologists is
probably the truth, possesses few con-
spicuously lofty peaks, the hills be-
ing singularly regular in altitude, so
that points Of observation from which
a study of the range may be made are
few and far between. Montreal is
however, fortunate in having one OF
these natural observatories at no great
distance. Trembling Mountain, whose
base is two and half miles from the
station of the same name on the La
belle branch, is the most elevated
summit of the Laurentians in this part
of the range. Quite recently it's height
has been determined at 2,400 feet. AS
all its companions are mere hillocks
by comparison, the view is uninter-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
The Betrothal Cake,

And now the very latest is the ''be-
trothal cake" Fashionable confec-
toner's will be kept busy receiving or
ders for this companion piece to birth
day, christening and wedding cake and
in return for her engagement pres
snt" the engaged girl will be sending
pieces of cake with hers and her
fance's thanks and compliments. 1t
is easy to see the consumption Of be-
trothal or wedding cake might affect
the statistics of deaths from dyspepsia,
bIt its connection with the plague is
not Obvious. This subtle relation Of
cause and effect has been discovered,
however, in New Zealand, and the ex-
PLANTATION lies in one word-rats. The
postmaster general of that colony has
issued stringent rules against the
tranmission of wedding cake except in
4 tin boxes. as when in cardboard or
paper packets 1t encourages the pres
ence Of rats in postofices, and rats
spread plague. Speaking Of betsothals
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
Tennninus of Life

Two instances showing how tenac-
fous of life Holsters and cod are are
related in a bulletin of the United
States Fish Commission. In the fall
of 1889 about twenty Holsters were left
in car in the basin" at fish COM
mission wharf. Near the end of March,
1900, when the car was opened, all
seemed to be in perfectly healthy
condition. On the conclusion of the
fishing for brood cod in the fall OF
1899 fourteen cod weighing from four
to six pounds, taken with hand-lines
off Nomans Land or Nantucket, were
Inadvertently left in the well Of the
Grampus and not discovered until
April, 1900. These fish were placed in
the well not later than November Is.
possibly some days before. During
this time they had not been fed and
had only such food as came through
the holes in the we'll. When released
IN Gloucester harbor on Ayril 16 they
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
KEEP BOYS ON FARM.
PROPAGANDA STARTED BY A
CHICAGO MAN.
william II. Thompson Believes That the
Environments Of the Old Homestead
Are Best for the Youths Of Our
Land.

A new propaganda to keep boys on
the farm has been started by William
H. Thompson of Chicago, president OF
the National Live Stock exchange. Mr..
Thompson knows what farm and town
life are. He was reared in the country
and has won success in the city, and
he believes the average farmers son
would be better off if he stayed on the
farm. He admits that many country
boys win fame and fortune in the
cities, but he argues that for every sue
cessful one there is q horde that bare
ly make both ends meet. But MIR.
Thompson goes beyond existing condl-
tons. He believes farmers can do much
better than heretofore, and he looks
to education as the means of improv-
ing their condition and making the
farm more attractive for the boys.
In discussing the problem Mr.
Thompson says:
"The cry for the past SO years ha;
been ITO the city, That was bene
fetal for time, and a sign of prog
ress, but we ought now to raise thu
cry ITO the country The country ii
deserted by the boys, and the city can
not provide remunerative labor for al
who come. For the social peace of gu
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
The Small Boys Buttons.

Some mothers are forever complain
ing that their boys come home daily
with torn button holes, or buttons
burst off their trousers. The reason is
not far to seek. The little man is prob
ably obliged to wear an underwaist of
the strongest muslin. with a double
band OF the same stitched around the
belt, and buttons sewed on as fast as
thread can sew them, and then but
toning on little trousers, which must
be short in the seat to fit perfectly,
There isn't a man living who would
submit to being so dressed, and it is
cruel to torture boy in that way.
Try this instead: Get q pair of the
most pliable suspenders that are made
for boys, then sew buttons on the
waist band, and turn them in SO they
may be out of sight for best wear when
the deplorable underwaist must be
donned. For everyday wear sew them
on exactly as they are on mems trous-
ers. Put blouse waist over the sus-
penders. and your little one can play
comfortably, besides having tho sat.
isfaction of wearing suspenders.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1900-12-13
Suicide
increases
1T rs MOST FREQUENT
BETWEEN 7HE ACES
OF IS AND IS. Xxx

though the two countries are side by
side and inhabited by people Of the
same blood. In Saxony and Prussia,
which are extremely prosperous, sui
eide is common. In Italy and Ireland,
which are very poor, it is rare. Suicide
is more prevalent in town than in
country. The age at which suicide is
most frequent is between SIS and 65.
Soldiers are of all men most subject to
suicide-their life is so melancholy
and monotonous in barracks in time
Of peace. The number is 210 per 1,O00,-
600 in England, in Germany $50 and in
Austria 1.2O9. In the latter case this
means man year in every battalion.
Religion is the most powerful antidote
to the suicidal tendency. Italy and Ire
land are intensely religious. In the
case Of Ireland it is thought also that
the habit Of emigration prevents sui
eide. When a man is at his last gasp
of despair he does not kill himself; he
goes to America. Suicide, rare among
Jews, is almost unknown among Mo-
hometans, who attribute everything to
the will of God and will not even ia
sure their houses.