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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-08-10

up q large and up-to-date livery
stable. Henry Rohrer is building
9 fine residence, the best in the
city. which will soon be followed
BY many Others. Work will com
meAce o1f the new hotel this. fall
which is to cost $4,000 and with
Ethe,hdvent Of the Washbnrn road
a tEpot, warehouses, shops and
ma othersrailroad improve ements
5arelaesured.
IT.. Lyon of Mandan, was
in the city tins week looking.
upfa st for an elevator. Mr..
Lyons say the Missouri Val
ley Milling Company will erect
a 4 sp's'bsr i. es' of elevators. along
theriver. ls Z 4
Parties down from Elm Point
tel esLeader people that un-.
less the State game warden or
his deputies make a stir-a-bout
they will goshy on license fees
this fall, for noboddy here will
careto invest in q permit after
the game is killed off Certain
parties from the. Hancock neigh
iborhood have been hunting desr
all winter and spring and only
lately killed a doe and 2 fawns
at the upper endsof Elm Point,
and tits now up with the War
9derls tossay if this kind Of bus
mess IS going to be let run.
Joe Dsitrich was offered and
has accepted the position Of trav-
cling agent Of the Bismarck,
Washburn & Great Falls rail
road. The Bismarck Tribune
in noting this change says sfr.
Dietrich is now among good
people" In a business point of
view Joe is propably better
known than a.ly of the old I'll
flers on the Slope He was
head lnogel in Burleigh city,
;Bismarck's $ predecessor, but
came over TO the future State
capital when the crowd and
rai'roat. went that way. Joe
is as conversant with German
ts1 lle 4is with Eng lish, and can
Z sfusntly in the Gros Yentre
tong and q better Judge oi
fat cattle than he is hard 20 find
in this part of the State.
Ihirty-one years ago in com
Ipany!with Charley Reynolds, the
most famous. hunter since old
Daniel Boone hung up his Ken
lucky rifle, Joe Dietrich hunted
deer, elk and antelope on both
sides. Of the Missouri in what is
now Mercer, Oliver and Mclean
counties. They contracted to
supply the commissary Of Forts
Stevens son and Rice with all the
wild meat needed for the sol.
|diers and fulfilled every obliga-
tions to- the satisfaction of the
military lords Of those days
edsthey were not SO easy to be
After completing
circle Of 53i years Joe returns tc
hunt. again in his old stamping
ground this time to hunt fol
whean fax fat cattle and bus
mess for the new railroad now
moving mp.lv UP among the grain
fields and coal beds Of n lean
"a getleman coming il from
the west side int forms the Lead
sfs that There is one community
Iof people who take the righ
view of thing and where tn.
CRY Of the lost soul does no
mingle with the winds to terri
fyand bewild der his is oI
Aptelope cree ek,a branch Of th,
lupper Heart. where the New
England colo y5of old Hettin
lger cpunty hold y 4 forth. Her.
antsio ops Craze pnnlo Tested viii
\ thie cat tle a ;fine q colony 3
4 blsIIaysr thrive 4 and multi 4 IN
I stprb bsdS q in the stream, s.
\ lfaI1nss li d q ars 81: good photo graph
IIare ioibtain sof them iin il day
/ Itima And eYIl Y i seem to play a,l,
'tboi.t sar in HI PRS
j !'sl'o b 4
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-08-10
Yards at Bismarck Wilton,
and WASHBURN Hzs
Bismarck & WaShburn Lumber E

We are now receiving a large
and complete assortment Of lum-
s der and building material.
All intending builders will do
we'll by allowing US to figure their
. bills
No better inside finish than Compo-Board
Ingvald Rovig, Agent.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-29

addressing me.--"have not fully COM
piled with the terms. You have sat
at my table, but you have not eaten
with me-"
A wave of happiness and thankful
ness surged through me az that mo-
ment. felt sure that my caution ha
saved my life. But the othersl They
had eaten. and | felt that there was
no time to be lost. Arrests must be
made. and physicians must be sum
moned. stomach pumps might yet save
the lives of those two sturdy young
people.
my scheme is simply this began
the old man, and decided TO wait at
least long enough to hear the vile story
from the madman's own lips.
"You will make as pretty a pair rs
ever we're wed" continued the old fell
low. land want you to keep house for
me. You shall have the deeds, and my
fortune when | die"
was mystified. gasped for
breath.
IAN ask" said X. Y, e., taking the
young people kindly by the hand. is
that you let n lonely old fellow with
out friend in the world. since he put
the badge of a widower on his sleeve
have a lodging in the house. Above
ali. never let him dine alone again as
long as he lives"
There was moments silence Then
simultaneously three newspaper clip
pingh were produced and three voices
asked In CONSERVATION:
"Are you not the man who adver-
tised for some one TO die with him.
"To DIE with mel" shouted X. Y. D.,
in accents of horror, at the same time
snatching the advertisement from my
hand.
Damn it," he calculated. "The
COMPOUNDED printers have dropped the
letter N from its place, | wrote:
Who will dine with me?'" a
Two smart city editors Of up-to-date
newspapers the next day failed to print
the sensational story of a new Suicide
Club, which they had scheduled. for
Jack Brewer and Miss Nelly Fligh
each star reporters. reported it to be
fake" Shortly afterwards those
enterprising reporters sent in their res
ienations and X. Y. 2. welcomed into
hle household an adopted son and
daughter.
As for mel left Scotland Yard, and
took to--Well, that is immaterial, any
way.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-29

bushes coming and going on her face.
Il came TO tell You that did not know
my heart. when | said I could not be a
poor mans wife. James, since you are
the poor man. | am very willing
TO-"
MY darlIng-my darlingl he said,
and completely forgetting whore they
were. he drew her TO him and kissed
her smiling lips.
What cared he then for any other
loss. he still had his daring. He felt
he never really had her love before,
and from his heart he thanked God TOR
the priceless gift.
So pretty Lulu Merton married
poor man. much 70 the annoyance Or
all her friends, her sister Helen in par
ticular. -.
Many years after. when James her-
court had regained his lost wealth ana
positlon. he said to his idolized wlte' ).
after all YOU are rich man WIG.
She answered simply:
81 can never be happier. James, than
| was as q poor mans wife.
"f.ulu,a he said laughing, dia you
not take a slight advantage OF leap
wear that tlme?" and though ne WIS
laugblne. Lulu felt the undertone Of
nassionafe tenderness in his voice.
Yes she said and ! am siad !
did; are you not glad as well
"My darling he said. Il have never
ceased TO thank God every day since
for the gift He gave me-Iny Wlls. q
New York News
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-29

gether. walked slowly down the gallery
side by side.
1t was clear that neither of them was
X. Y. z. That they were previously
acquainted was equally clear. The un-
mistakable glance Of recognition which
they had exchanged when they first
met had prepared me for the intimate
character of the conversation which
had overheard, and which gave an am
pie clue to the situation. Ii was evil
dent enough to me. Two lovers, sepa-
rated by some memorable reason. pro-
badly money or the lack of 1t. had in
dependently resolved upon making a
life which could not be happy as brief
as possible. All this | thought out as
strolled along the gallery after them.
AS | came nearer to them their talk
was again audible to me. Not anoth-
er word of the unpleasant object of
their meeting was spoken by either.
however. By a sort OF tacit under
standing each appeared to avoid the
subject of the advertisement and their
conversation consisted exclusively Of
the usual illusions to the weather.
Once when the man thoughtlessly re-
marked that il would probably be
warmer on the morrow. che girl SEEM
ed to shrink from him and SILVER
slightly And then the pair who had
been brought together under such ex-
traordlnary circumstances uttered a
laugh which had more of pain than
pleasure in il. and lapsing into silence,
strolled out of the gallery.
As they approached the restaurant
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-29

z. Glad to meet You. I've been look
ing all over the place. but little ex-
pccted to find my friends of the black
band in the restaurant. Never mind.
A nip of brandy will put you in good
shape for what is to come. Every
thing is ready and waiting. My car
riage is outside. Let's jump in and
set along"
All this before the startled pair
could speak word.
This was surely the recklessness
of insanity. No one but a mailman
would have spoken of such hldeous
project as he had in hand in the hear
ing Of a crowd of people so loudly and
so freely. | realized that l had yet
difficult and possibly a dangerous task
on hand.
Still, | was almost sure that | could
count upon the cooperation of the
young man. who had found new mo-
tive for life in his love for the roman
tic girl, the current of whose morbid
folly he had stemmed.
What was my dismay, then to see
the young people instantly change
and show the greatest eagerness to full
Ill to the limit their appointment with
X. Y. q II seemed as if the stern
man had suddenly obtained hypnotic
influence over that athletic young fell
low and that fair, frail girl. Before
his arrival they had seemed all gentle
ress and tenderness. Now each SEEM
ed as If on stern business bent They
announced their readiness to accom-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-29
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ia been searching through tte pt'e
books and the brown ,,,, ,o,,n
The m WY Ra1g,w,5h a aIg9 What. some 9th
erworlts Ike that ,.,.a,,,,tonarv
I'd been looking for a great aneer'rai
To adorn my family tree with the ancient
p'' 81 plain John Smith.
when my eyes fell ON nowiy printed
nv sn,itheonlan Institution late redact--
They told mo how in Java on a ao"nS
They Ssd had ID f tiafd a great forefather OF
7, 5 5ohn i me how they knew his name
Observation-Disclosures wes Ereetua. menschenahn-
nrhe torotect usD =
uebergangsform aus JAVA
or course knew that | had distant
chim 9e1r9 apes and monkeys by the
uylohaes and sima, Anthropopithceus
Not ' q n"xua had been missing IN the
when / tried TO Join those branches 10
I'm, tne a ,''', "laaim stratum, tnfa bed.
'pet Now they've found the missing
link.
A fossil skull. two molars ana q lsinu,
Arc ali that's loft OF Pith. yet what .
slides F DOWN my vertebrae when this rom
orlns nj me from photographic ve q
Nv Jovel old chap, 1 think It's ra'her
,ro make the tour terrestrial when youvo
kent the road celestial
Since the early pliocene'
You'll find some changes doubtless on
this planet -, ,onoealed 10
since skull and femur both cohseafeu "
,rwenty thousand generations OF your NJ
inI blood relations s.n,,,
Have shown slight divergence ifoi'
the type, ...,..,,t,, $40 ia
ripe, ..., ,,,,,ara,a,
A sensible extension OF cranial dimensioii,
. In other words, swelled heaa.
You set the pace in Java long ago
When YOU chose a larger hat-doht
,rban AN any earlier primate of all that torrid
And the force of bad example had It's
So heads have gone on growing TIL our
the future? DO not ask It. Twill take
n bushel basket
some day TO make hat.
John smith. Homo, ia Modern Culture
for September.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-29

meeting as had come to witness.
and was leaning against a case CON
tanning the shriyeled remains of what
was once an Egyptian king, with all
the hopes, passions and ambitions OF
a powerful and lusty ruler when a
bright-eyed, handsome, athletic young
fellow sauntered past. scarcely
needed the eager glance with which
he scanned me. for at the moment |
did not in the least associate that mus
cular and healthy specimen of human
ity with the presumably morbid erea-
ture who had signed himself TX. Y.
T."
My attention. indeed was wholly alb
sorbed by young and extremely pref
ty girl, who at the same moment was
approaching from the other end o. the
gallery. She bore an unmistakable
business air, which, however, did not
conceal certain restless symptoms of
timidity.
AS the handsome young couple
passed each other, they started vio-
lently, and exchanged a glance of OBJ
vious recognition. though they neither
spoke nor stopped. II was that which
caused me to watch them more closely.
The man wore a somewhat threadbare.
though well-ftting suit of clothes, and
a feeling of horror mingled with my
sense of professional satisfaction as
saw upon his left sleeve broad band
of black Grape. The girl was quietly
and tastefully clad in a gown Of some
dark material and as she passed me
saw upon the right sleeve of that fair
bud of womanhood a similar band of
black.
The young girl had evidently noticed
the badge of death upon the mans
arm, for after walking a few steps be-
yond me in hesitating manner she
stopped and with her pretty face
crimson with bushes, she turned and
looked back at him. He also had turn
ed and stood with his hand at his chin
in an attitude of INDIGESTION. In this
position each looked long and curious
ly at the other whom they reciproeally
supposed had given the invitation to
join in a double suicide.
Pity mingled with admiration
seemed to beam from the eyes of the
man as he looked at the splendid
young creature to whom life, apparent
ly, had so soon become unbearable.
Presently. raising his hat with great
courtesy, he approached the damsel,
who stood expeetantly with downeast
eyes in evident embarrassment within
a few yards of me-
81 am surprised to see you here. Miss
Flight" he began, with some embar-
rassment.
81 don't see why, Jack" she replied,
with little lingering emphasis on the
name
He flushed with pleasure and said
eagerly, taking her hand.
Then it's all forgiven. Nelly?'
"Of course, you foolish boy" she an
swered. "Why were you so stupid?"
He was about to clear up this point.
doubtless, when suddenly his face fell
and he said gloomily, touching the
band of Grape on her arm, This means
business, l suppose"
Her expression instantly reflected
his, and she said sadly, "You, tool
had hoped to be alone in this"
He laughed bitterly, and turning
with one accord. this sane and healthy
pair, who according to the terms of
the advertisement, were soon to die to-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-29

at the entrance of the Museum, the
young man said to his beautiful com
panion. who was soon TO be his part
ner in death.-
shall we not take little refresh
ment,-first? ?"
The word first seemed to stick in
his throat.
With smile of reviving happiness
the little maid cried, as it seemed to
me. almost joyfully:-
ooh, yes! l would much rather
take little refreshment," and she, too,
had to gulp something down as she
added the word first. "
They took a table just outside the en-
trance. and | secured a seat sufficiently
near to overhear some of their con-
yersation. They ordered brandy and
sodas. So did |. They evidently felt
that they needed bracing for the work
before them. So did |. Presently they
ordered more stimulants, and began
IN wonder if the curse of drink was
the cause of their being tired of life.
II would have been a merry feast II
the skeleton of that horrible adver-
tisement had not sat in the vacant
chair and chilled that bright young
couple to their very marrow. | fiat
tered myself that l was close student
Of character, and though / caught but
few of their whispered words, did not
fail to read the feelings of that pair
rightly.
In spite of the skeleton 1t was quite
clear that the young man was very
much in love with the strangely pref
ty creature who was to WOO death with
him, while the dainty little damsel was
entirely unable to disguise the fact that
this man who was seeking to die in her
company was dearer to her than life.
AS watched their ardent glances and
noted their complete absorption in one
another, hope sprang up in me. They
had had a little quarrel, remembered,
since here had been talk of forgive
ness. Might not their present CHASTITY
purpose have been the result of this
misunderstanding and might not this
misunderstanding be removed in time
before the arrival of the fateful X
y. H.?
Inwardly I rejoiced that my mission
promised to have such pleasant ter
nination, but my satisfaction and self
ccngratulation were premature and
misplaced.
At the moment when felt that their
eyes were speaking the preliminaries
to an appeal to live and love, as their
lips were TREMENDOUSLY framing the
words Give for me, end | will live for
you a tall, .gaunt stranger stopped
suddenly just outside the restaurant
and gazed long and earnestly at the
badges of crepe upon the arms of each
of the young people. Immediately
noticed that he, too. wore the fataf
badge of the new Suicide Club, and
recognized him at once as the arch
conspirator; X. Y. ..
If any doubt had existed it would
have been at once dispeIled by the man
crying out in loud voice:
"Are you the young folks who an
swered my advertisement? I'm 4. 4.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-29

The following extraordinary adver-
.t.ament appeared in a London paper
one day last summer. 1t was in an
,5seure corner and hardly likely to at
,-act widespread notice, yet its weird
,-,itation to suicide did not escape the
csoIe eve of my chief at Scotland Yard,
Ct which famous establishment l was
then employed:
WHO WILL DIE WITH ME TO-
NIGHT.
am tired of a solitary life and can
near it no longer. | have neither fam
al, nor friends, and | seek others sim
,srlv situated who will join me in
Man To end our lives together in com
fort. Meet me in the South Kensing-
ron Museum at six o'clock, and wear a
badge of Grape upon your arms. | VIII
wear a similar badge. \. \. H.
was ordered to investigate and, If
rassible. to prevent the formation OF
such a Suicide Club as seemed TO be
ia he so sweeping and so sudden.
Although armed with a warrant for
tRe arrest of John Doe, others impli-
Gated etc" | was especially warned
nat to make any arrests until / was
frIlv satisfied as to which of those
,-ho wore the badge OF death, II more
than one should appear, was the au-
ttor of the advertisement and the
founder of the new Suicide Club. |
was further instructed not to act un-
iii | was sure that the crucial time
Rad arrived and that the strange BODY
r, eranks we're about to execute their
compact to die together.
II was with mingled feelings OF
amusement and awe that | examined
nv revolver before starting out on my
strange adventure. I was totally I'M
aware of the number of desperate
nortals I might be called upon to en-
counter but when I rehected upon the
folly of attempting to make them de-
sist from their deadly purpose at the
point of my pistol, the absurdity OF
the situation made me smile. There
vas a suggestion of CHASTITY humor in
the idea of covering a man with a re-
volver and bidding him. in the name
o. the law. desist from committing the
crime of self-slaughter.
South Kensington Museum is by no
means a well-defined trysting place.
and as | wandered through its many
spacious galleries | feared lest |
should fail altogether to encounter the
blood-thirsty X. Y. T., who had not
only determined that he himself would
die that night, but who sought to OBJ
tain travelling companions to that
bourne whence no traveller returns.
| felt much oppressed with the
weight of responsibility placed upon
me- | was to save the life of one, per-
haps more than one fellow-creature; to
rescue more than one soul from eternal
damnation; and incidentally to arrest
possibly a crowd of cranks who cared
so little for human life that they were
prepared to take their own at practi-
cally a moments notice. | endured an
almost unbearable tension of fear and
apprehension lest by some. sudden i'm
pulse or at some prearranged signal
one or more of my fellow-creatures
should hurl themselves into eternity
before my eyes, through my delaying
action the fraction of a moment too
long.
had strolled into the Mummy
Room, fancifully imagining that 1t
might be an appropriate place for such
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-29

pany X. Y. z. to his home and at least
listen to the details of his scheme.
| knew that the proper moment to
make my arrest had not yet arrived;
and above all, wanted to see the
home of the founder of the Suicide
Club. and to learn the means by which
he proposed that these two young peo-
pie should die with him. 1t was there
fore necessary for me to accompany
them in the carriage. ! had provided
fol- such an emergency as this, and un-
observed | slipped a band of Grape
around my arm. Then I announced
myself as anxious to be of the party.
The young people started suspicious
ly, but X. Y. q. greeted me cordially.
He laughed loud ana boisterously,
shouting:
Bravo The more. the merrier!"
At this the young girl shuddered
slightly, and seemed about to falter
For a moment her courage appeared
about to leave her, and she chung to the
arm of the younger man for support.
Her pretty cheeks flushed, then be-
came very pale, but she bit her lips and
rallied with determined effort. We
passed out of the Museum.
That the founder of the new Suicide
Club was no mean parsonage was
proved by the splendor of the broug-
ham and liveried coacLman which
awaited us outside. We were driven
rapidly to a pretentious house in one
of the best streets in South Kensing-
ton. On that strange journey not one
word was spoken except by the volu-
BILE old man, who laughed and chuckled
fiendishly, and time after time con-
graduated himself upon having gath
cred together, as he expressed it, such
nice little family party"
Arrived within the luxuriously fur
nished room on the ground floor of x.
Y. rs house, | was astonished 20 see
that a banquet had been prepared. and
we were cordially invited to sit down
and partake.
Not one word of our supposed APP
preaching death was spoken by our
host, who seemed to be in the best OF
spirits. but the three of us naturally
thought of nothing else, and the din
ner was hideously dull. For my own
part. sent every dish away from me
untasted, partly from fear that the old
fiend's scheme might be to poison us
urawares, and partly because | had no
inclination to eat with such a distaste-
full and probably so dangerous task
before me.
1t was a relief when the table was
cleared and | still saw no symptoms of
commissions or collapse in my compan-
ions. Then it was that the old man
arose and deliberately said:
Now. | will make my proposition by
which | and my friends may mutually
end our lives together in comfort, ac-
cording to the promise contained in my
advertisement"
| fumbled in my pockets and held
pair of handouts ready to snap them
upon the wrists of the maniac.
81 regret that am only able to ex-
tend this offer to two of you" contin-
ued x. Y. e.. for you, sir, was
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-29

Mabel. Il don't believe Harry means
a word he says.
MoIne, Indeed, what makes you
think sol
MabeE why. last night he said ne
would go to the end of the earth for
me and no knows very well the Nortn
mole hasn't been discovered yet. =
Chelsea Gazette.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-29
By WALTER BROWNE.

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