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Audubon Republican., 1900-12-13
Je,,-o, III. New prs.art,

JtTI~V, fNe NOW UrN~ufF.
pleascs all the family. Four favor5:--
Lemon, Orange, Raspberry and Straw
berry. At your grocers. 10 cts. Try
II today,
Audubon Republican., 1900-12-13

When we have malaria 1t Is sur
Uprising how many bad tastes we can
have in our mouth Mt one time.
Audubon Republican., 1900-12-13

A fair form sometimes csnceals n
foul heart.
Audubon Republican., 1900-12-13
Lanes Tan-iiy Medicine.

TO make ends meet always be me
thodical. /
Audubon Republican., 1900-12-13

People who laugh the loudest are
the least apt to know what Is the
cause of their mirth.
Audubon Republican., 1900-12-13

Love often justifies great num-
Der of means.
Audubon Republican., 1900-12-13

A choice between evils 10 some
times abhorent.
Audubon Republican., 1900-12-13

The people who pride themselves
or being determined are in many in
stances only contrary.
Audubon Republican., 1900-12-13
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED

We should practice sanitary meth
ods at home,
Audubon Republican., 1900-12-13

Western exchanges say that Utah
will send large consignments OF sheep
to market this fall. The lambing sea-
son in that state is said to have been
very profitable, the percentage run
ning up to 80 in Utah county. Sheep
men have been allowed to use the
Uintah reservation grazing lands this
year for the first time.
Audubon Republican., 1900-12-13

J. c. Mills. the livestock agent of
the Oregon Railway and Navigation
company. says that Oregon has this
year the largest crop OF lambs and OF
the best quality in the history OF the
state. There are probably 100000
lambs that are for sale, though feed
is abundant and growers can afford to
keep them If buyers stay away.
Audubon Republican., 1900-12-13

You can generally count on the
woman the dogs never growl at and
children are not afraid to "go to-"
Audubon Republican., 1900-12-13

Retire within thyself and thou will
discover how small stock is there.
--Persius.
Audubon Republican., 1900-12-13

A bird that has been sick Is not
ut to be breeder. for II 10 n waste
OF time to build on weak constitutions.
In buying birds look after the same
point. and be sure that the man from
whom you buy has good healthy
stock.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22
Soaring Santa Claus.

Soaring Santa Claus.
You afraid of Santa Claus? Goodness
me, I'm not!
I'm lots too big to let him make me
scared;
sides, a year ago I saw him, right on
Christmas eve.
So now he wouldn't scold me II he
dared!
Yes, Stree! He's big an fat. like his
pictures are:
An I was sittin' by the chimley, too
When he lit right OF the hearth, shook
the snow fakes off,
howdy do?"
Men I run back to the door-so's to
lock him in
I'm pretty WELL" I says; an men we
sat.
An talked a lot about his work, an
he told me, he did,
Twas hard to get around when
you're so fat.
Bime-bby I says, II hope you won't for.
get me Christmas day,
Although I'm not the best Of chill
dren, cause p.
If you should do so. I'm afraid I'd have
to tell the boys
That blieve in you There amt no
Santa Claus!'"
My! Didn'e he turn pale! He caught
holt o. my hand;
Says Don't do that, please, for-1
like you.
I'll give you heaps O. things you want,
Z you'll b'lieve in me,
An let the other children do SO tool"
So we made a 'greement, an I will
have some things
At Christmas time, you bet! What's
that you say?
Don't b'lieve I ever scared old Santa
Claus? Well now,
Jest ask him, If you see him Christ
mas day!
Selected.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22
LADY OF BOOKS.
Mrs. walker the Owner of Many Rare
Volumes

Volumes
One Of the most enthusiastic book
collectors among English ladies is
Mrs. W. Hall Walker, whose beautiful
home, the Gateacre grange, near Liv-
erpool, contains one Of the most valu-
able libraries. In addition to rare
books picked up during her travels
throughout the world, and a friend
ship library, each book in which bears
an autograph, Mrs. Walker has the
most complete collection in the world
of the relics and writings Of the Sheri-
dan family, says the Philadelphia Led
ger. Her interest in these famous
Sheridans is not a purely literary one,
for she is the daughter Of Algernon
Brinsley Sheridan Of Frampton court.
Dorsetshire, and the great-great-
granddaughter of Richard Brinsley
Sheridan, author of 1.-THE Rivals" Her
great-aunts were the beautiful Sheri-
dan sisters, famous in LONDON as the
three graces-Helen, Lady Dufferin.
the Hon. Caroline Elizabeth Norton,
and Georgina, duchess Of Somerset,
granddaughter Of the beautiful Dliza-
beth Linley, whose portrait by Gains
borough justifles her great reputation.
Mrs. Walker is a beautiful woman her
self, and has inherited the wit, talent
and the grace of her famous ancestors.
On her mothers side she is the grand
daughter Of John Lothrop Motley, the
author Of "The Rise Of the Dutch Re-
public" and. consequently, the niece
Of Lady Harcourt.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22
ART GALLERY.

Postage Stamps Arranged to Portray
Flowers, Insects, Etc.
The British Medical Journal states
that the brothers of the Saint Jean de
Dieu Hospital at Client, Belgium, who
appear to have a surplus Of leisure,
have adopted q method Of occupying
it that is certainly a t%ime-killer. The
parlor, the two refectories, the twenty
eight rooms and all the corridors OF
the place have been papered with
postage stamps ingeniously arranged
so as to portray flowers, insects, pal
aces, rivers, forests and persons, the
latter life size. The style adopted is
the Japanese. Some twenty millions
of postage stamps have been used. in
the work, which had been viewed by
many of the Belgian painters. In
commenting on the matter the Journal
says: "We are willing to believe that
the artistic effect of this new style OF
mural decoration is admirable; but
from a sanitary point Of view-which
after all should not be altogether lost
sight, Of in the decorations Of q build,
ing intended for the reception of the
sick-we are disposed to think 1t a
little questionable. "A severe hygiene
would doubtless prescribe any kind or
description of wall paper as being
likely to harbor the ubiquitous mi
crobe. With regard to postage stamps
in particular, cause has recently been
shown to regard them with special
suspicion as possible agents in the dis
semination of tuberculosis infection. A
French investigator has shown that
the stamps are often infected by means
Of the saliva of diseased persons, and
he has uttered a note of warning to
this effect to stamp collectors. He
had occasion to observe a man suf-
fering from tuberculosis who piled a
trade in stamps, and who was in the
habit of sticking them on gummed pa
per after moistening them with his
tongue. A number Of stamps which
had been thus dealt with were placed
in sterilized water. The water was
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22

could not turn 1t on so instantaneous
ly as the gas companies have trained
householders into doing. Consequent
ly inquisitive neighbors from beneath
or above. or across the way, gossiped
over the amount of company the Hop
kinses seemed to be having lately, for
a regular glare Of illumination stream
ed out nightly from their windows.
1t was a queer thing that no n
seemed able to think Of the family
necessity till twilight came. Then reg
ular remarks would be made, and Ma
rion would blame Alice. and Alice
would ask Tom why in the world he
couldn't take a little responsibility,
and Mr.. Hopkins would inquire OF his
wife if there was no n in the family
who could go surety for the appearance
of some match boxes by the next even
ing. And then next day Alice would
come home from down town n her
mother would ask her If she had re-
membered the match boxes, and blank
is too feeble a word to describe the
expression Of her face on those several
occasions.
For two weeks they said things un-
der their breaths in the inky dark
ness, or burned gas ~recklessly. Then
n morning Marion departed for her
semi-weekly music lesson down town
and said the same old thing-"rm go
ing to get some match boxes today
and her mother smiled patiently and
replied: ."If you should happen to re-
member it, dear, you might get the
whole number-eight." :
That noon Alice came home from
the north side. where she had been
staying for a few days. and laid a par
eel triumphantly in her mothers lap.
II didn't even have them sent out"
she said. gleefully. II vas so deter
mined to have them here tonight. I
was just getting on a a and hap
pened to think of them by seeing a
man light his cigar, SO I got off. There
are eight Of them"
Mrs. Hopkins was properly glad and
they laughed together over Marion's
declaration that morning, and of how
for the last time they would call that
blank expression into play before they
showed her that some n In the fam
lily had at last remembered. By and
by Marion anne
1--WE got them" she called. 1.-THE
whole eight"
Sixteen match boxes" said Mrs.
Hopkins. with resignation. Choose
the prettiest, girls, and we'll put the
| rest away for another such emer-
gency."
That evening Mr.. Hopkins came in
with his face wreathed in smiles.
"The young fry are SO hot-headed
these days." he remarked. as he COM
placently laid a knobby bundle in his
wife's lap. "I'm sorry for Tom"
What about Tom?" asked Mrs.
Hopkins, as she felt suspiciously Of the
package.
I'VE had started home together"
said Toms father, the keenest enjoy
ment in his voice, land were up to
Van Buren,, when Tom jumped up and
made for the platform. I called to him
and he yelled back Match boxes!' and
shot out the door. I tried to get to
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22
NATIONS MAKE MONEY.
Hesse Taxes Bachelors-Grsecs Monopo
Lies Playing Card.

Hesse Taxes Bachelors-Groece Monopo
lies Playing Csras.
The Russian government won .
unique reputation for enterprise wl1en
it made a small fortune out Of the
Crimean war. For months after the
end Of the war old iron, shot, and shell
were picked up round Sebastopol. Fog
a time there was a regular trade, thou
sands Of tons of metal being sold. II
was too good a chance to be missed.
and the government stepped in be-
tween buyers and sellers with q tar
Of twelve cents per hundredweight.
When the lost shot had been picked
up and disposed of, the treasury had
reaped a little harvest of seventy-1ve
thousand dollars. Humorists have had
a great deal to say about the taxation
of bachelors. Such a tax would not
be altogether novel. 1t is already In
operation in Hesse. There the gov
eminent draws a little extra revenue
by taxing bachelors Is per cent more
than married e The result of the
law, which wa only enacted some
thing over q year ago, has been that
many well-to-do bachelors have emf
grated to Prussia. Greece has found
a way Of raising money on amuse-
ments without a direct tax. The gov
eminent has a monopoly in playing
cards. and from this source draws q
considerable annual income. Paris
is glad to increase its revenue by a
few dollars q year by the cultivation
Of a little state orchard in the Luxem-
bourg Gardens. Just rs 1t takes it's
share Of the profits Of the Eiffel tower.
To the snow Of heaven the Primes Of
Palermo owes most Of his wealth. for
he has a monopoly Of 1t. The snow is
brought at night in baskets from the
mountains Of Sicily, and is shipped to
the, towns and sold for refrigeratlna
purposes. The, Sutton Urban Council
IN England keeps down taxes by the
industry Of growing peppermint. Last
year about seven hundred and thirty
dollars was saved to the ratepayera
by. selling peppermint grown On :
sewerage farm.-Youths' Companion.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22
Frusa,.ty In German Army.

Small as is the wage received by the
German soldier, yet the army regula-
tions guard it jealousy, for frugality il
part Of the training. Each soldier
places his money in q little bag sus-
pended from,a string around his neck.
At any time during inspection the ON
Ger may demand to have the bags
opened, and II it Is found that any SOL.
der spends his six cents a day wages
too rapidly-think Of the wild dissi-
patton which might be had for six
cents a day!-he Is repirimanded and.
punished. He must make his wages.
small as they are. cover his expenses
he must not spend them instantly for
beer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22

afterward %inoculated in some guinea
pigs. all O f.which died with well-mark-
ed signs Of tuberculosis. Against so
subtle an enemy as tuberculosis no
precaution can safely be neglected.
The moral of the experiments to which
we have referred Is that postage
stamps are not to be recommended
either as hobbies or as mural decora-
lions except under antiseptic precau-
TONS" I.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22
the will case has been he courts

the WILL case has sbeen&in the courts
ever since. L s s ssjSsS a n
More than seventy claimants ap-I
pearedto contest the win, but II hast
Nv the4decisionso 4 Judge Willmot Miss
Fannie comesd ri spoesession & prop
ssrty worth 100000. she was@always,
sgpc1odapd antsccttdonlats oths agsd Rich;
man andAthe int of III: 81 ssshlssfssnsver
though dEisalttinling anlyssthhing IL.
sHoRsysr6hshl bssnanpIly TrseWyvSllrd1aa
MA ID awresst kindnssi6ieSt q II aapprssl-
ctstiys dtEsts.slnntarsiatsrlslss sgs
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22

Nobody's like old Santa Claus
With his red and jolly face;
There's not another around the globe
Can travel SO swift q pace.
His twinkling eyes, and his merry
laugh.
His chuckle Of bubbling glee-
Nobody else is so dear by half
To Dad and Mother and Me.
He doesn't forget the baby sweet
AS she rocks in her cradle white;s
He has time to wait for the tagging
feet
OF his old, by candle-light.
He has gifts and gifts for the young
and gay.
Who encircle the Christmas Tree;
And he has the love to his latest day
OF Dad and Mother and Me.
The frost is chill in the nipping blast
Smooth Is the icy mere;
The short fleet days go hurrying past
To the last of the waning year.
And never was nos Of the summer's
prime
So royalty fair to see
AS the rose that blooms in the winters
For Dad and Mother and Me.
r. Golfers Weekly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22
a cbld,s Query.

"A CbiId's Curry.
In all the Santa Claus pictures,
i've e in my little day.
He's travelling across the snow-drifts
With q reindeer before q sleigh.
And this Is the thing about II,
I'd really like to know
Does he travel. ia Z wagon &
When there isn't any snow
--NeWspaperI Clipping
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22

Hmta crowd of relatives and friends at Cannes The ArhduM Is the third md the Grand Duke Of
title which carries the memory back to days when small pdmatsc could play big psh In history.
PnncxsM Marie Chrshed Bourbon Is daughter Of the Count Of Cata The parents brothers and sisters
OF the bridegroom were among those woj mmMed Ito the French town in order 7" be present on the happy
occasion @MM#8@&8 &tMMn@
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22
cbs cbrisfmas Tree,

The Christmas tree which enters
very largely into our festival comes to
us from Germany, where, on the eve
of the anniversary, a tree is set up in
nearly every household, bright with
candles and paper decorations Of vart-
Gus colors. Underneath the tree are
put the presents that each member Of
the family is to give to the others, and
when the tree ia still burning. amid
the laughter and shouting Of the chill
dren, the presents are distributed.
In Germany, too. st. Nicholas comes
around three weeks before Christmas.
It is st. Nicholas day. and the chill
dren on this day make known their
wants for the Christmas season. Then
he is supposed to drive away to an un-
known land and get his loads Of goods,
bringing them back for the Christmas
stockings.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22
THEN HIS EYE FELL ON THE
TABLE,

him to tell him that I'd got the batch,
but he wal gone. What's the matter?
Didn't I get enough?"
Alice exerted herself feverishly to
get the twenty-four receptacles ar,
ranged on a table before Toms arrival,
and when Tom came he didn't for q
minute understand his reception. Then
his eye fell on the tableful Of distorted
shapes and he slowly added his quota
to the general contribution, while his
father gave an impromptu lecture on
haste Vi. waste. The Hopkins family
have concluded TO give match boxes
for Christmas presents this year.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22
Lo1er.s Wi.h.

Since you cannot, Will not, dear.
Give your tricksy heart, 53
Let me murmur In your ear sS@Sy
Joy you may impatt @
Write to kind old Santa Claus
Plead-as I would WOO
Bsg him, Just to send TO mo
Christmss dream Of You.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22
Dsaths from Gu,n-shot wounds

Ns # Nc9tmS 1EVR3 S1Gnse0NOS ~ 49, g8@tsg%
Brtg.-Gen. George r. sternberrg. sur
sgeon-general Of 3thessarmy, has prepared
Tor insertion n; his annual report$somss
Interesting comments on comparisons
aof gun shot wounds receiyed 81 Amer
lean soldiersin Observation-Disclosures
and Philippine wars with$woinds IN
ficted bys the heavier bullets used
the civilW.ar. The dsduetion drawn
from comparative reeordasig that tho
small calibsr bullefssso SStoday y l.
desliy.ls than thespld-ti1pge musket I'LL.
nj sSha1ss ~ As# S$Ss8s
Hhsosopphislsss sin55u ermanyan nov nnnnl-s
her d BesrmAyyst bscolmsSth4lsl
favyfSssti6plieSott No. ihat1a1ssss; .
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-22

Postage Stamps Arranged to Portray
Flowers, Insects, Etc.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-01-05

If It were 10 be considered which
branch Of tie fine arts Is the most use
ful to man. 1t would probably be found
that he could most easily dispense with
sculpture and especially that branch of
the art which portrays human and ami
NAL figures. II is not too much to say
that. saving perhaps a score of master.
pieces, every human and equestrian
statue in the world might be destroyed
ct a very small cost to the aesthetic
sentiments OF humanity. Sculpture
lacks color, warmth and life. 1t is a
luxury Of the rich as far as the adorn-
ment Of the home Is concerned, and it's
public examples RARELY afford satisfac.
ton to any but the amateur. 1t has,
therefore, very little interest for the
vast majority OF mankind. The idols
Of idolatrous peoples must De excepted.
but here the interest is net artistic, but
religious. In the extended sense OF the
term sculpture could be less easily dis.
pensed with, because II would mean
the abolition OF all adornment In archi.
lecture, and to a highly civilized people
this would be lntolerable
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-01-05
.AnI ono Book Of The following List Will be sent postpaid on ToOOpi
da 2 csnl postage stamp and 10 signatures cut from
ihs Wrappers Of Arbuck1es' Roasted Coffee.

No. o. A ONE MONT %aYsTERY, And two other great DetscsivU
Stories, BY "OLD sLEUrK."
No. o5 ADVENTURES OF A sAeHEUL BACHELOR, by CLARA
AreCsIA. a uit:h provoking story.
No 90 TEMPEST ARD SUNSHINE. A Novel. by Mas. Mary j.
HoLHrs. The nost yapuAr female writer OF hcuon Of tie age
No. CT THE sUhNYslcs COOK BOOK. BY Mas. JKSsIH
sense Cock Books ever pIbnsLed.
No. 60 OLD eECRETs ANo Ne" DisoovEREe. This book
takaa tho TFadtr CAt Of mo bsrlsa tfAcSa OF know.edge. and Will
be found both entsftHteinE AID useful.
No. oe THREE THCUeAin TEiNG5 WORTH KNOWING, ny
r. Moore, author u Nco-ss g re~tl Assistaut" ibis booE
IsA encyclopedia ctaiEiy Lls:ll, fssaA;cn! N condensed FORM
No. 90 The CITY or cREADFuL MONT, and other tsohss-
By RrDYARD EIrENs.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-01-05
THREE

An infant IN tie cradle slept,
And In ita sleep II smiled,
And one by one three women kneit
To kiss tho fair haired child,
And each thought Of the days to be
And hruathed a prayer half silently.
onO poured her love on many lives.
But knew loves toll and care.
Its burdens Oft had been TO her
A heavy weight to bear.
Ehe stopped and murmured lovingly.
"No burdenod hands, dear child, for thee
One had not known the hardened hands,
But knew this empty heart.
At life's rich banquet she bad sat
An unfed guest apart.
"Oh, not, F" ehu whispered tenderly,
IAN empty heart. dear child, for thoei"
And one WINS old she had known care
She had known loneliness.
She know God leads us by no path
His presence cannot bless.
Hhe smiled and murmured t~rustfully,
Goods will, dear child, Gods viii for thssi'
Kate Tucker Goodo in hlltahest.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-01-05

Years later. the Upper end Of the Is
land settled, pity still endured among
the people for the lonely man who llv-
ed on the lower end. They told stran-
gers touching there of the young wife
whom he had never seen from the day
she al away With the captain Of the
river steamer and he was left to his
solitude. No knew the whole until
q young farmer went to ask aid Of the
old mnn at the harvesting. No re-
spouse coming to his kaocks, he lifted
the latch and entered. The old man
was half Eneellng against a chair, his
dead eyes thrust out In their sockets.
Before him, where the planks OF the
floor We're torn up, were lying the
bones and skull OF q woman.-New
York Press.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-01-05
40. as
4 Table OoVoF.
No. o.. A Basket Of BeoutIos.

A magnificent picture OF Rosss ky Paul de
LongprS. the great painter OF flowers. " >
bslisvo this to 10 one Of tno hsndso7Uc.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-01-05

Clergyman LAS he gets out Of BARRIERS
chaiH)-That's an awful dull razor you
shaved me with.
Barber Zone of clergyman parisbion
ers)-l hope 1t isn't quite az dun as
your sermon was yesterday. Boston
Courier.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-01-05
DibIomatio Reply.

''Do you think she. would have mar.
ried him II he hadn't been wealthy +"
"Well. You know. he understood
that IL be hadn't been wealthy he could
not have supported her. "-PhiladeI
phia North American
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-01-05
No. 95
ThTeo Beautiful
Flowcr
Pictures.

Zach nssAsurins s1sHi7
inches. Ths iif'ss are
Snmmsr FrAEsaacs."
NAss ~ I.liiS. And
"Frssh and avest,"
These ta;eo pictures all
50 toSSth.-, and VII 20
ssrs pSsi-PA!d 90 re-
cosFt ei esEI post
81 otAzs7 md 5 sis-
natnrsB Gus from - rap
para OF A-bueklss'
! Rossted con0s.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-01-05
no. 90
The First kles

A beautiful
I'm d
picture lSx
70 inches In
size. Sent
post
ON receipt
OF 2 cent
Pootaa o
stamp and
10 sigma
2 c u {
from wrap
psD Of Ar
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1900-01-05
Two Is Company.

Inc original
was painted
by Percy
Aonn.7 his
d uc-
tion In IA
printlEGs ID
q gen uine
work CT art.
8 Ice lohx
Nk inches.
Rene post
paid o u
receipt Of
two can
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stamp and
10 sigma
tureu c u I
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-04-21
a Parody,

The funny man ON one OF the
eastern journals, has written the
following parody on "She was Bred
in Old Kentucky
He was shot in old Kentucky,
where they make the mountain dew
and the mothers feed the babies on
hot revolver stew, whore you wake
up in the morning shot full Of bullet
holes, and find your sole companions
are disembodied souls. He was shot
in old Kentucky, where their aim is
always true, and the principal
amusement is shooting people
through, where the doctors use as
medicine for all the human ills, a
dose or two of bullets, instead of
giving pills.
The parody it must be admitted
has some foundation in historical
facts.